#A8263D#A8263D

#A8263D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.165 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8263D
RGB	rgb(168, 38, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.93, 52.98, 19.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.93, 56.42, 20.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.57% 0.1583 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(48.57% 0.165 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6857, 10.0506, 5.4227)
Luminance	0.1005 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8263D #26A891

analogous

#A8267E #A8263D #A85026

triadic

#A8263D #3DA826 #263DA8

tetradic

#A8263D #7EA826 #26A891 #5026A8

square

#A8263D #7EA826 #26A891 #5026A8

split-complementary

#A8263D #26A850 #267EA8

monochromatic

#440F19 #761B2B #A8263D #D23954 #DE6B7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.98

#A8263D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A8263D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8263D

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8263D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8263D	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)

#4B483D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8263d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 38, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.165 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c72',
    500: '#a8263d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8263d;
$custom-light: #c96c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8263d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 38,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.385,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48567,
    "c": 0.16504,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8263D

secondary

#66C4B3

accent

#E6C942

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8263D

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

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