#A8263A#A8263A

#A8263A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.165 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8263A
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 58)
HSL	hsl(351, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(351, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.88, 52.80, 21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.88, 56.91, 21.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1571 0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.165 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6072, 10.0192, 5.0090)
Luminance	0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8263A #26A894

analogous

#A8267B #A8263A #A85326

triadic

#A8263A #3AA826 #263AA8

tetradic

#A8263A #7BA826 #26A894 #5326A8

square

#A8263A #7BA826 #26A894 #5326A8

split-complementary

#A8263A #26A853 #267BA8

monochromatic

#440F18 #761B29 #A8263A #D23951 #DE6B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A8263A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#A8263A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8263A

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8263A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8263A	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C483A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8263a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.165 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c70',
    500: '#a8263a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8263a;
$custom-light: #c96c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8263a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.769,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48508,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8263A

secondary

#66C4B5

accent

#E6CD42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8263A

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

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