#A8261F#A8261F

#A8261F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.167 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8261F
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 31)
HSL	hsl(3, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 51.59, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 63.51, 35.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.11% 0.1473 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(48.11% 0.167 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0910, 9.8127, 2.2902)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8261F #1FA1A8

analogous

#A81F5D #A8261F #A86B1F

triadic

#A8261F #1FA826 #261FA8

tetradic

#A8261F #5DA81F #1FA1A8 #6B1FA8

square

#A8261F #5DA81F #1FA1A8 #6B1FA8

split-complementary

#A8261F #1FA86B #1F5DA8

monochromatic

#410F0C #741A15 #A8261F #D8352C #E26660

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A8261F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8261F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8261F

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8261F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8261F	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)

#4F461D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6219

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8261f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.167 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5c',
    500: '#a8261f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8261f;
$custom-light: #cb6c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8261f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.066,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48111,
    "c": 0.16746,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8261F

secondary

#5DC1C6

accent

#E3EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8261F

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

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