#A8261E#A8261E

#A8261E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8261E
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 51.56, 37.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 63.80, 36.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.147 0.0804)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.168 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0780, 9.8075, 2.2219)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8261E #1EA0A8

analogous

#A81E5B #A8261E #A86B1E

triadic

#A8261E #1EA826 #261EA8

tetradic

#A8261E #5BA81E #1EA0A8 #6B1EA8

square

#A8261E #5BA81E #1EA0A8 #6B1EA8

split-complementary

#A8261E #1EA86B #1E5BA8

monochromatic

#400F0B #741A15 #A8261E #D9342A #E2665E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A8261E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8261E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8261E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8261E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8261E	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)

#4F461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6217

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8261e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5b',
    500: '#a8261e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8261e;
$custom-light: #cb6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8261e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48101,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8261E

secondary

#5BC0C7

accent

#E2ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8261E

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

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