#A8312D#A8312D

#A8312D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.156 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8312D
RGB	rgb(168, 49, 45)
HSL	hsl(2, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, 48.17, 30.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 57.12, 32.51°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% 0.1395 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.156 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7224, 10.7136, 3.6169)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8312D #2DA4A8

analogous

#A82D67 #A8312D #A86F2D

triadic

#A8312D #2DA831 #312DA8

tetradic

#A8312D #67A82D #2DA4A8 #6F2DA8

square

#A8312D #67A82D #2DA4A8 #6F2DA8

split-complementary

#A8312D #2DA86F #2D67A8

monochromatic

#471513 #782320 #A8312D #CD4945 #DA7975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A8312D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A8312D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8312D

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8312D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8312D	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90631

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8312d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 49, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.156 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7166',
    500: '#a8312d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8312d;
$custom-light: #ca7166;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8312d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.951,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49348,
    "c": 0.15597,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10711
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8312D

secondary

#6FBFC2

accent

#DCE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8312D

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

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