#A8261D#A8261D

#A8261D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8261D
RGBrgb(168, 38, 29)
HSLhsl(4, 71%, 39%)
HSVhsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 77.4%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(37.49, 51.53, 38.11)
CIE-LCHlch(37.49, 64.09, 36.49°)
OKLaboklab(48.09% 0.1467 0.0812)
OKLCHoklch(48.09% 0.168 29)
XYZxyz(17.0654, 9.8025, 2.1557)
Luminance0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8261D #1D9FA8
analogous
#A81D59 #A8261D #A86B1D
triadic
#A8261D #1DA826 #261DA8
tetradic
#A8261D #59A81D #1D9FA8 #6B1DA8
square
#A8261D #59A81D #1D9FA8 #6B1DA8
split-complementary
#A8261D #1DA86B #1D59A8
monochromatic
#400E0B #741A14 #A8261D #DA3428 #E3655C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09
#A8261D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96
#A8261D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8261D
7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8261D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A8261D1.007.092.967.09
#FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00
#0000002.9621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.091.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4F461A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6F6216
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B90026
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8261d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 29.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5a',
    500: '#a8261d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8261d;
$custom-light: #cb6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8261d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.885,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48092,
    "c": 0.16772,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8261D
secondary
#5AC0C7
accent
#E2ED3A
background
#FDF6F5
surface
#FBECE9
border
#D4C7C5
text
#150704
muted
#837A79

Preview Lab

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#A8261D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva