#A8272D#A8272D

#A8272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8272D
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 51.80, 29.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 59.46, 29.40°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.151 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.165 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3496, 9.9680, 3.4926)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8272D #27A8A2

analogous

#A8276E #A8272D #A86127

triadic

#A8272D #2DA827 #272DA8

tetradic

#A8272D #6EA827 #27A8A2 #6127A8

square

#A8272D #6EA827 #27A8A2 #6127A8

split-complementary

#A8272D #27A861 #276EA8

monochromatic

#451012 #761B20 #A8272D #D13B42 #DD6C72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A8272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8272D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8272D	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)

#4E472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d66',
    500: '#a8272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8272d;
$custom-light: #ca6d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48372,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8272D

secondary

#67C3BF

accent

#E5DE42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8272D

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

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