#A8271F#A8271F

#A8271F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.167 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8271F
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 51.27, 37.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 63.31, 35.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1463 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.167 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1234, 9.8775, 2.3010)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8271F #1FA0A8

analogous

#A81F5C #A8271F #A86C1F

triadic

#A8271F #1FA827 #271FA8

tetradic

#A8271F #5CA81F #1FA0A8 #6C1FA8

square

#A8271F #5CA81F #1FA0A8 #6C1FA8

split-complementary

#A8271F #1FA86C #1F5CA8

monochromatic

#410F0C #741B15 #A8271F #D8362C #E26760

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A8271F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8271F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8271F

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8271F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8271F	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)

#4F471C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8271f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.167 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c5c',
    500: '#a8271f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8271f;
$custom-light: #cb6c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8271f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.504,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48199,
    "c": 0.16667,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8271F

secondary

#5DC0C6

accent

#E1EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8271F

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

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