#A8312A#A8312A

#A8312A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.156 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8312A
RGB	rgb(168, 49, 42)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.06, 48.04, 32.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.06, 57.96, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(49.31% 0.1385 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(49.31% 0.156 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6667, 10.6913, 3.3234)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8312A #2AA1A8

analogous

#A82A62 #A8312A #A8702A

triadic

#A8312A #2AA831 #312AA8

tetradic

#A8312A #62A82A #2AA1A8 #702AA8

square

#A8312A #62A82A #2AA1A8 #702AA8

split-complementary

#A8312A #2AA870 #2A62A8

monochromatic

#461412 #77231E #A8312A #CF4840 #DB7771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A8312A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A8312A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8312A

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8312A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8312A	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90430

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8312a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 49, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.156 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7164',
    500: '#a8312a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8312a;
$custom-light: #ca7164;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8312a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.333,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49307,
    "c": 0.15642,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8312A

secondary

#6BBEC3

accent

#DAE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8312A

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

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