#A8263C#A8263C

#A8263C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.165 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8263C
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 60)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.91, 52.92, 20.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.91, 56.58, 20.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.55% 0.1579 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(48.55% 0.165 17)
XYZ	xyz(17.6591, 10.0400, 5.2821)
Luminance	0.1004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8263C #26A892

analogous

#A8267D #A8263C #A85126

triadic

#A8263C #3CA826 #263CA8

tetradic

#A8263C #7DA826 #26A892 #5126A8

square

#A8263C #7DA826 #26A892 #5126A8

split-complementary

#A8263C #26A851 #267DA8

monochromatic

#440F18 #761B2A #A8263C #D23953 #DE6B7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A8263C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A8263C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8263C

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8263C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8263C	1.00	6.98	3.01	6.98
#FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8263c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.165 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c71',
    500: '#a8263c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8263c;
$custom-light: #c96c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8263c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.846,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48547,
    "c": 0.16503,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.10037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8263C

secondary

#66C4B4

accent

#E6CA42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8263C

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

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