#A8291D#A8291D

#A8291D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.165 H 29.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8291D
RGB	rgb(168, 41, 29)
HSL	hsl(5, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, 50.53, 38.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 63.50, 37.28°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1436 0.082)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.165 29.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.1652, 10.0021, 2.1889)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8291D #1D9CA8

analogous

#A81D56 #A8291D #A86E1D

triadic

#A8291D #1DA829 #291DA8

tetradic

#A8291D #56A81D #1D9CA8 #6E1DA8

square

#A8291D #56A81D #1D9CA8 #6E1DA8

split-complementary

#A8291D #1DA86E #1D56A8

monochromatic

#40100B #741C14 #A8291D #DA3828 #E3685C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A8291D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A8291D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8291D

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8291D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8291D	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50471A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6316

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8291d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 41, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.165 29.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6d5b',
    500: '#a8291d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8291d;
$custom-light: #cb6d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8291d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.18,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48361,
    "c": 0.16536,
    "h": 29.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8291D

secondary

#5ABEC7

accent

#DEED3A

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8291D

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

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