#A8262D#A8262D

#A8262D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8262D
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 52.13, 29.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 59.67, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.152 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.166 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3172, 9.9032, 3.4818)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8262D #26A8A1

analogous

#A8266E #A8262D #A86026

triadic

#A8262D #2DA826 #262DA8

tetradic

#A8262D #6EA826 #26A8A1 #6026A8

square

#A8262D #6EA826 #26A8A1 #6026A8

split-complementary

#A8262D #26A860 #266EA8

monochromatic

#440F12 #761B20 #A8262D #D23941 #DE6B71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A8262D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8262D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8262D

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8262D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8262D	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)

#4D472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8262d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c66',
    500: '#a8262d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8262d;
$custom-light: #ca6c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8262d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.769,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48286,
    "c": 0.16578,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8262D

secondary

#66C4BF

accent

#E6DD42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8262D

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

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