#A8262F#A8262F

#A8262F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8262F
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 47)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 52.22, 27.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 59.19, 28.08°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1528 0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.166 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3566, 9.9190, 3.6894)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8262F #26A89F

analogous

#A82670 #A8262F #A85E26

triadic

#A8262F #2FA826 #262FA8

tetradic

#A8262F #70A826 #26A89F #5E26A8

square

#A8262F #70A826 #26A89F #5E26A8

split-complementary

#A8262F #26A85E #2670A8

monochromatic

#440F13 #761B21 #A8262F #D23944 #DE6B73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A8262F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8262F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8262F

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8262F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8262F	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)

#4D472E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8262f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c67',
    500: '#a8262f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8262f;
$custom-light: #ca6c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8262f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48316,
    "c": 0.1656,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8262F

secondary

#66C4BD

accent

#E6DB42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8262F

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

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