#A8272B#A8272B

#A8272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8272B
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 51.71, 30.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 59.97, 30.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1503 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.165 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3120, 9.9530, 3.2946)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8272B #27A8A4

analogous

#A8276B #A8272B #A86427

triadic

#A8272B #2BA827 #272BA8

tetradic

#A8272B #6BA827 #27A8A4 #6427A8

square

#A8272B #6BA827 #27A8A4 #6427A8

split-complementary

#A8272B #27A864 #276BA8

monochromatic

#451012 #761B1E #A8272B #D13B3F #DD6C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A8272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8272B

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8272B	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c64',
    500: '#a8272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8272b;
$custom-light: #ca6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.14,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48344,
    "c": 0.16515,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8272B

secondary

#67C3C1

accent

#E5E042

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8272B

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

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