#A8251E#A8251E

#A8251E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.168 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8251E
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 51.88, 37.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 64.00, 35.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.148 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.168 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0464, 9.7444, 2.2114)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8251E #1EA1A8

analogous

#A81E5C #A8251E #A86A1E

triadic

#A8251E #1EA825 #251EA8

tetradic

#A8251E #5CA81E #1EA1A8 #6A1EA8

square

#A8251E #5CA81E #1EA1A8 #6A1EA8

split-complementary

#A8251E #1EA86A #1E5CA8

monochromatic

#400E0B #741A15 #A8251E #D9332A #E2655E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A8251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8251E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8251E	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.168 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b5b',
    500: '#a8251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8251e;
$custom-light: #cb6b5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.043,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48016,
    "c": 0.16835,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8251E

secondary

#5BC1C7

accent

#E4ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8251E

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

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