#A8271E#A8271E

#A8271E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.167 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8271E
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.61, 51.23, 37.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.61, 63.61, 36.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.146 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.167 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1104, 9.8723, 2.2327)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8271E #1E9FA8

analogous

#A81E5A #A8271E #A86C1E

triadic

#A8271E #1EA827 #271EA8

tetradic

#A8271E #5AA81E #1E9FA8 #6C1EA8

square

#A8271E #5AA81E #1E9FA8 #6C1EA8

split-complementary

#A8271E #1EA86C #1E5AA8

monochromatic

#400F0B #741B15 #A8271E #D9362A #E2675E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A8271E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8271E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8271E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8271E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8271E	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F461B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6317

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8271e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.167 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5b',
    500: '#a8271e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8271e;
$custom-light: #cb6c5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8271e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.913,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48189,
    "c": 0.16681,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8271E

secondary

#5BC0C7

accent

#E1ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8271E

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

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