#A8263B#A8263B

#A8263B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.165 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8263B
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.90, 52.86, 20.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.90, 56.74, 21.31°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1575 0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.165 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6329, 10.0295, 5.1442)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8263B #26A893

analogous

#A8267C #A8263B #A85226

triadic

#A8263B #3BA826 #263BA8

tetradic

#A8263B #7CA826 #26A893 #5226A8

square

#A8263B #7CA826 #26A893 #5226A8

split-complementary

#A8263B #26A852 #267CA8

monochromatic

#440F18 #761B29 #A8263B #D23952 #DE6B7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A8263B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A8263B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8263B

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8263B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8263B	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8263b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.165 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c70',
    500: '#a8263b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8263b;
$custom-light: #c96c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8263b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.308,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48527,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8263B

secondary

#66C4B5

accent

#E6CC42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8263B

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

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