#A8251B#A8251B

#A8251B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.169 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8251B
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 27)
HSL	hsl(4, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 51.80, 39.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 64.87, 37.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.99% 0.1472 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(47.99% 0.169 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0099, 9.7298, 2.0191)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8251B #1B9EA8

analogous

#A81B58 #A8251B #A86B1B

triadic

#A8251B #1BA825 #251BA8

tetradic

#A8251B #58A81B #1B9EA8 #6B1BA8

square

#A8251B #58A81B #1B9EA8 #6B1BA8

split-complementary

#A8251B #1BA86B #1B58A8

monochromatic

#3F0E0A #731913 #A8251B #DC3124 #E46359

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A8251B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8251B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8251B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8251B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8251B	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8251b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.169 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b59',
    500: '#a8251b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8251b;
$custom-light: #cb6b59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8251b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.255,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47988,
    "c": 0.16875,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8251B

secondary

#57C0C8

accent

#E2EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8251B

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

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