#A8281D#A8281D

#A8281D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8281D
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 50.87, 38.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 63.70, 37.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1447 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.166 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1311, 9.9338, 2.1776)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8281D #1D9DA8

analogous

#A81D57 #A8281D #A86D1D

triadic

#A8281D #1DA828 #281DA8

tetradic

#A8281D #57A81D #1D9DA8 #6D1DA8

square

#A8281D #57A81D #1D9DA8 #6D1DA8

split-complementary

#A8281D #1DA86D #1D57A8

monochromatic

#400F0B #741C14 #A8281D #DA3628 #E3675C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A8281D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8281D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8281D

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8281D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8281D	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8281d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5b',
    500: '#a8281d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8281d;
$custom-light: #cb6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8281d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.748,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48269,
    "c": 0.16616,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8281D

secondary

#5ABEC7

accent

#DFED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8281D

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

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