#A8243E#A8243E

#A8243E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.167 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8243E
RGB	rgb(168, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.6%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 53.67, 18.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 56.77, 19.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% 0.1607 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.167 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6507, 9.9370, 5.5451)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8243E #24A88E

analogous

#A82480 #A8243E #A84C24

triadic

#A8243E #3EA824 #243EA8

tetradic

#A8243E #80A824 #24A88E #4C24A8

square

#A8243E #80A824 #24A88E #4C24A8

split-complementary

#A8243E #24A84C #2480A8

monochromatic

#430E19 #76192B #A8243E #D43555 #DF687F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A8243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8243E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8243E	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.167 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c73',
    500: '#a8243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8243e;
$custom-light: #c96c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48423,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8243E

secondary

#63C4B1

accent

#E8C740

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150808

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8243E

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

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