#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
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 29)
HSL	hsl(4, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 51.53, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 64.09, 36.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.09% 0.1467 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(48.09% 0.168 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.0654, 9.8025, 2.1557)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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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
##A8261D	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #A8261D

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

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