#A8281E#A8281E

#A8281E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8281E
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 30)
HSL	hsl(4, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 50.90, 37.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 63.41, 36.61°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1449 0.0809)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.166 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1437, 9.9389, 2.2438)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8281E #1E9EA8

analogous

#A81E59 #A8281E #A86D1E

triadic

#A8281E #1EA828 #281EA8

tetradic

#A8281E #59A81E #1E9EA8 #6D1EA8

square

#A8281E #59A81E #1E9EA8 #6D1EA8

split-complementary

#A8281E #1EA86D #1E59A8

monochromatic

#400F0B #741C15 #A8281E #D9372A #E2685E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A8281E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8281E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8281E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8281E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8281E	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)

#50471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6318

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8281e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5b',
    500: '#a8281e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8281e;
$custom-light: #cb6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8281e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.348,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48279,
    "c": 0.16601,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8281E

secondary

#5BBFC7

accent

#E0ED3B

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8281E

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

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