#A8261C#A8261C

#A8261C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 29.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8261C
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 28)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, 51.50, 38.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 64.39, 36.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1465 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.168 29.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0533, 9.7976, 2.0916)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8261C #1C9EA8

analogous

#A81C58 #A8261C #A86C1C

triadic

#A8261C #1CA826 #261CA8

tetradic

#A8261C #58A81C #1C9EA8 #6C1CA8

square

#A8261C #58A81C #1C9EA8 #6C1CA8

split-complementary

#A8261C #1CA86C #1C58A8

monochromatic

#3F0E0B #741A13 #A8261C #DB3326 #E4655B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A8261C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8261C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8261C

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8261C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8261C	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)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6215

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8261c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 29.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5a',
    500: '#a8261c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8261c;
$custom-light: #cb6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8261c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48082,
    "c": 0.16786,
    "h": 29.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8261C

secondary

#58C0C7

accent

#E1EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8261C

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

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