#A8292B#A8292B

#A8292B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.163 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8292B
RGB	rgb(168, 41, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 51.04, 30.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 59.53, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1481 0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.163 25)
XYZ	xyz(17.3794, 10.0878, 3.3171)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8292B #29A8A6

analogous

#A8296A #A8292B #A86629

triadic

#A8292B #2BA829 #292BA8

tetradic

#A8292B #6AA829 #29A8A6 #6629A8

square

#A8292B #6AA829 #29A8A6 #6629A8

split-complementary

#A8292B #29A866 #296AA8

monochromatic

#461112 #771D1E #A8292B #D03E41 #DC6F71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A8292B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A8292B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8292B

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8292B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8292B	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)

#4F482A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8292b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 41, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.163 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6d64',
    500: '#a8292b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8292b;
$custom-light: #ca6d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8292b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.055,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48524,
    "c": 0.16347,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.10085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8292B

secondary

#6AC3C1

accent

#E4E144

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8292B

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

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