#A8272E#A8272E

#A8272E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8272E
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 46)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 51.85, 28.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 59.21, 28.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1514 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.165 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3691, 9.9758, 3.5952)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8272E #27A8A1

analogous

#A8276E #A8272E #A86027

triadic

#A8272E #2EA827 #272EA8

tetradic

#A8272E #6EA827 #27A8A1 #6027A8

square

#A8272E #6EA827 #27A8A1 #6027A8

split-complementary

#A8272E #27A860 #276EA8

monochromatic

#451013 #761B20 #A8272E #D13B43 #DD6C73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A8272E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8272E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8272E

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8272E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8272E	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8272e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d67',
    500: '#a8272e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8272e;
$custom-light: #ca6d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8272e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.744,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48387,
    "c": 0.16485,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8272E

secondary

#67C3BE

accent

#E5DD42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8272E

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

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