#A8271C#A8271C

#A8271C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.167 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8271C
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 28)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 83.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.59, 51.18, 38.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.59, 64.19, 37.13°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1454 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.167 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0857, 9.8624, 2.1024)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8271C #1C9DA8

analogous

#A81C57 #A8271C #A86D1C

triadic

#A8271C #1CA827 #271CA8

tetradic

#A8271C #57A81C #1C9DA8 #6D1CA8

square

#A8271C #57A81C #1C9DA8 #6D1CA8

split-complementary

#A8271C #1CA86D #1C57A8

monochromatic

#3F0F0B #741B13 #A8271C #DB3426 #E4665B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A8271C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8271C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8271C

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8271C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8271C	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4619

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6315

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8271c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.167 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5a',
    500: '#a8271c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8271c;
$custom-light: #cb6c5a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8271c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4817,
    "c": 0.16708,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8271C

secondary

#58BFC7

accent

#E0EE3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8271C

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

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