#A8321B#A8321B

#A8321B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.158 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8321B
RGB	rgb(168, 50, 27)
HSL	hsl(10, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(10, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.2%, 83.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.05, 47.11, 40.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.05, 62.20, 40.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% 0.1326 0.0861)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.158 33)
XYZ	xyz(17.4889, 10.6878, 2.1788)
Luminance	0.1069 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8321B #1B91A8

analogous

#A81B4A #A8321B #A8781B

triadic

#A8321B #1BA832 #321BA8

tetradic

#A8321B #4AA81B #1B91A8 #781BA8

square

#A8321B #4AA81B #1B91A8 #781BA8

split-complementary

#A8321B #1BA878 #1B4AA8

monochromatic

#3F130A #732213 #A8321B #DC4224 #E47059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A8321B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A8321B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8321B

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8321B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8321B	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)

#554B17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726615

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9022E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8321b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 50, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.158 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb715a',
    500: '#a8321b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8321b;
$custom-light: #cb715a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8321b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.787,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49255,
    "c": 0.15805,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.10685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8321B

secondary

#57B5C8

accent

#D1EF39

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8321B

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

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