#A8262E#A8262E

#A8262E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8262E
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 52.17, 28.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 59.43, 28.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1524 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.166 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3367, 9.9110, 3.5844)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8262E #26A8A0

analogous

#A8266F #A8262E #A85F26

triadic

#A8262E #2EA826 #262EA8

tetradic

#A8262E #6FA826 #26A8A0 #5F26A8

square

#A8262E #6FA826 #26A8A0 #5F26A8

split-complementary

#A8262E #26A85F #266FA8

monochromatic

#440F13 #761B20 #A8262E #D23942 #DE6B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A8262E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8262E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8262E

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8262E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8262E	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8262e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c67',
    500: '#a8262e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8262e;
$custom-light: #ca6c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8262e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48301,
    "c": 0.16569,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8262E

secondary

#66C4BE

accent

#E6DC42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8262E

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

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