#A8261B#A8261B

#A8261B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8261B
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 27)
HSL	hsl(5, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, 51.48, 39.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 64.68, 37.26°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1462 0.0828)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.168 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0415, 9.7929, 2.0296)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8261B #1B9DA8

analogous

#A81B56 #A8261B #A86C1B

triadic

#A8261B #1BA826 #261BA8

tetradic

#A8261B #56A81B #1B9DA8 #6C1BA8

square

#A8261B #56A81B #1B9DA8 #6C1BA8

split-complementary

#A8261B #1BA86C #1B56A8

monochromatic

#3F0E0A #731A13 #A8261B #DC3324 #E46459

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A8261B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8261B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8261B

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8261B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8261B	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4618

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8261b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c59',
    500: '#a8261b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8261b;
$custom-light: #cb6c59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8261b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48073,
    "c": 0.16799,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8261B

secondary

#57BFC8

accent

#E1EF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150703

muted

#837A78

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8261B

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

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