#A8243D#A8243D

#A8243D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.167 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8243D
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 53.61, 19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 56.91, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.1603 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.167 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6235, 9.9262, 5.4019)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8243D #24A88F

analogous

#A8247F #A8243D #A84D24

triadic

#A8243D #3DA824 #243DA8

tetradic

#A8243D #7FA824 #24A88F #4D24A8

square

#A8243D #7FA824 #24A88F #4D24A8

split-complementary

#A8243D #24A84D #247FA8

monochromatic

#430E18 #76192B #A8243D #D43553 #DF687E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A8243D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8243D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8243D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8243D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8243D	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)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8243d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.167 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c72',
    500: '#a8243d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8243d;
$custom-light: #c96c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8243d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48402,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8243D

secondary

#63C4B2

accent

#E8C840

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8243D

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

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