#A8281F#A8281F

#A8281F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.166 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8281F
RGB	rgb(168, 40, 31)
HSL	hsl(4, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 50.93, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 63.11, 36.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1452 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.166 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.1566, 9.9441, 2.3121)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8281F #1F9FA8

analogous

#A81F5B #A8281F #A86D1F

triadic

#A8281F #1FA828 #281FA8

tetradic

#A8281F #5BA81F #1F9FA8 #6D1FA8

square

#A8281F #5BA81F #1F9FA8 #6D1FA8

split-complementary

#A8281F #1FA86D #1F5BA8

monochromatic

#410F0C #741C15 #A8281F #D8372C #E26860

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A8281F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8281F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8281F

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8281F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8281F	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)

#4F471C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6319

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8281f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 40, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.166 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5c',
    500: '#a8281f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8281f;
$custom-light: #cb6d5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8281f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.942,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48288,
    "c": 0.16588,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8281F

secondary

#5DBFC6

accent

#E0EC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8281F

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

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