#A8251C#A8251C

#A8251C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.169 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8251C
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 51.83, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 64.58, 36.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1475 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.169 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.0217, 9.7345, 2.0811)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8251C #1C9FA8

analogous

#A81C59 #A8251C #A86B1C

triadic

#A8251C #1CA825 #251CA8

tetradic

#A8251C #59A81C #1C9FA8 #6B1CA8

square

#A8251C #59A81C #1C9FA8 #6B1CA8

split-complementary

#A8251C #1CA86B #1C59A8

monochromatic

#3F0E0B #741913 #A8251C #DB3226 #E4645B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A8251C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8251C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8251C

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8251C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8251C	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)

#4E4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8251c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.169 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5a',
    500: '#a8251c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8251c;
$custom-light: #cb6b5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8251c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.857,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47997,
    "c": 0.16862,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.09732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8251C

secondary

#58C0C7

accent

#E3EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8251C

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

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