#A8312E#A8312E

#A8312E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.156 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8312E
RGB	rgb(168, 49, 46)
HSL	hsl(1, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 48.22, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 56.85, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1399 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.156 26.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7419, 10.7214, 3.7195)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8312E #2EA5A8

analogous

#A82E68 #A8312E #A86E2E

triadic

#A8312E #2EA831 #312EA8

tetradic

#A8312E #68A82E #2EA5A8 #6E2EA8

square

#A8312E #68A82E #2EA5A8 #6E2EA8

split-complementary

#A8312E #2EA86E #2E68A8

monochromatic

#481514 #782321 #A8312E #CD4A47 #DA7977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A8312E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A8312E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8312E

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8312E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8312E	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)

#534C2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8312e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 49, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.156 26.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7167',
    500: '#a8312e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8312e;
$custom-light: #ca7167;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8312e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.475,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49362,
    "c": 0.15582,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8312E

secondary

#70C0C2

accent

#DDE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8312E

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

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