#A8262B#A8262B

#A8262B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8262B
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 52.04, 30.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 60.18, 30.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.1513 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.166 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2796, 9.8882, 3.2838)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8262B #26A8A3

analogous

#A8266C #A8262B #A86226

triadic

#A8262B #2BA826 #262BA8

tetradic

#A8262B #6CA826 #26A8A3 #6226A8

square

#A8262B #6CA826 #26A8A3 #6226A8

split-complementary

#A8262B #26A862 #266CA8

monochromatic

#440F11 #761B1E #A8262B #D2393F #DE6B6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A8262B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8262B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8262B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8262B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8262B	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8262b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c64',
    500: '#a8262b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8262b;
$custom-light: #ca6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8262b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48257,
    "c": 0.16598,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8262B

secondary

#66C4C0

accent

#E6E042

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8262B

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

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