#A8272C#A8272C

#A8272C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8272C
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 44)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(358, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 51.75, 29.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 59.71, 29.91°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1506 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.165 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.3306, 9.9604, 3.3924)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8272C #27A8A3

analogous

#A8276D #A8272C #A86227

triadic

#A8272C #2CA827 #272CA8

tetradic

#A8272C #6DA827 #27A8A3 #6227A8

square

#A8272C #6DA827 #27A8A3 #6227A8

split-complementary

#A8272C #27A862 #276DA8

monochromatic

#451012 #761B1F #A8272C #D13B41 #DD6C71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A8272C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8272C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8272C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8272C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8272C	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)

#4E472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8272c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c65',
    500: '#a8272c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8272c;
$custom-light: #ca6c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8272c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.674,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48358,
    "c": 0.16505,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8272C

secondary

#67C3C0

accent

#E5DF42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8272C

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

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