#A8292A#A8292A

#A8292A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.164 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8292A
RGB	rgb(168, 41, 42)
HSL	hsl(360, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.99, 50.99, 31.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.99, 59.79, 31.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.51% 0.1478 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(48.51% 0.164 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3613, 10.0806, 3.2216)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8292A #29A8A7

analogous

#A82969 #A8292A #A86729

triadic

#A8292A #2AA829 #292AA8

tetradic

#A8292A #69A829 #29A8A7 #6729A8

square

#A8292A #69A829 #29A8A7 #6729A8

split-complementary

#A8292A #29A867 #2969A8

monochromatic

#461111 #771D1E #A8292A #D03E3F #DC6F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A8292A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A8292A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8292A

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8292A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8292A	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8292a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 41, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.164 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d64',
    500: '#a8292a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8292a;
$custom-light: #ca6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8292a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.528,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4851,
    "c": 0.16359,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8292A

secondary

#6AC3C2

accent

#E4E344

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8292A

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

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