#A8273E#A8273E

#A8273E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.164 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8273E
RGB	rgb(168, 39, 62)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.8%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 52.72, 18.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 56.02, 19.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1576 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.164 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7453, 10.1263, 5.5767)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8273E #27A891

analogous

#A8277F #A8273E #A85027

triadic

#A8273E #3EA827 #273EA8

tetradic

#A8273E #7FA827 #27A891 #5027A8

square

#A8273E #7FA827 #27A891 #5027A8

split-complementary

#A8273E #27A850 #277FA8

monochromatic

#451019 #761B2C #A8273E #D13B56 #DD6C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A8273E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A8273E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8273E

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8273E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8273E	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8273e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 39, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.164 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96d73',
    500: '#a8273e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8273e;
$custom-light: #c96d73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8273e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.302,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48674,
    "c": 0.16415,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8273E

secondary

#67C3B3

accent

#E5C842

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8273E

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

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