#A8262C#A8262C

#A8262C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8262C
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, 52.08, 29.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 59.93, 29.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1517 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.166 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2982, 9.8956, 3.3816)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8262C #26A8A2

analogous

#A8266D #A8262C #A86126

triadic

#A8262C #2CA826 #262CA8

tetradic

#A8262C #6DA826 #26A8A2 #6126A8

square

#A8262C #6DA826 #26A8A2 #6126A8

split-complementary

#A8262C #26A861 #266DA8

monochromatic

#440F12 #761B1F #A8262C #D23940 #DE6B70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A8262C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8262C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8262C

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8262C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8262C	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)

#4D472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8262c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c65',
    500: '#a8262c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8262c;
$custom-light: #ca6c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8262c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.231,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48271,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8262C

secondary

#66C4BF

accent

#E6DF42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8262C

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

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