#A8293C#A8293C

#A8293C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.162 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8293C
RGB	rgb(168, 41, 60)
HSL	hsl(351, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.6%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.27, 51.93, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.27, 55.82, 21.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.1547 0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.162 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7589, 10.2396, 5.3154)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8293C #29A895

analogous

#A8297B #A8293C #A85529

triadic

#A8293C #3CA829 #293CA8

tetradic

#A8293C #7BA829 #29A895 #5529A8

square

#A8293C #7BA829 #29A895 #5529A8

split-complementary

#A8293C #29A855 #297BA8

monochromatic

#461119 #771D2A #A8293C #D03E54 #DC6F80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A8293C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A8293C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8293C

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8293C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8293C	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D493C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8293c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 41, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.162 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96e71',
    500: '#a8293c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8293c;
$custom-light: #c96e71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8293c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.024,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4881,
    "c": 0.16229,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8293C

secondary

#6AC3B6

accent

#E4CC44

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#150807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8293C

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

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