#A8243C#A8243C

#A8243C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.167 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8243C
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 53.55, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 57.06, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1599 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.167 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5968, 9.9155, 5.2614)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8243C #24A890

analogous

#A8247E #A8243C #A84E24

triadic

#A8243C #3CA824 #243CA8

tetradic

#A8243C #7EA824 #24A890 #4E24A8

square

#A8243C #7EA824 #24A890 #4E24A8

split-complementary

#A8243C #24A84E #247EA8

monochromatic

#430E18 #76192A #A8243C #D43552 #DF687D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A8243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8243C

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8243C	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.167 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c71',
    500: '#a8243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8243c;
$custom-light: #c96c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.091,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48381,
    "c": 0.16677,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8243C

secondary

#63C4B3

accent

#E8C940

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8243C

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

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