#A8243B#A8243B

#A8243B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.167 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8243B
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 53.49, 20.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 57.22, 20.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1595 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.167 17)
XYZ	xyz(17.5706, 9.9050, 5.1235)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8243B #24A891

analogous

#A8247D #A8243B #A84F24

triadic

#A8243B #3BA824 #243BA8

tetradic

#A8243B #7DA824 #24A891 #4F24A8

square

#A8243B #7DA824 #24A891 #4F24A8

split-complementary

#A8243B #24A84F #247DA8

monochromatic

#430E18 #761929 #A8243B #D43551 #DF687D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A8243B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8243B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8243B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8243B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8243B	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8243b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.167 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c70',
    500: '#a8243b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8243b;
$custom-light: #c96c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8243b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48361,
    "c": 0.16676,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.09902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8243B

secondary

#63C4B4

accent

#E8CA40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8243B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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