Darkish Red#A90308

#A90308 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.188 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Darkish Red — editorial page

Color values

HEX	#A90308
RGB	rgb(169, 3, 8)
HSL	hsl(358, 97%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(358, 98%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 98.2%, 95.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.04, 58.57, 46.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.04, 74.48, 38.15°)
OKLab	oklab(46.28% 0.1653 0.0893)
OKLCH	oklch(46.28% 0.188 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4408, 8.5206, 1.0087)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A90308 #03A9A4

analogous

#A9035B #A90308 #A95103

triadic

#A90308 #08A903 #0308A9

tetradic

#A90308 #5BA903 #03A9A4 #5103A9

square

#A90308 #5BA903 #03A9A4 #5103A9

split-complementary

#A90308 #03A951 #035BA9

monochromatic

#310102 #6D0205 #A90308 #E5040B #FB2B31

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.77

#A90308 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#A90308 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A90308

7.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A90308	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A90308	1.00	7.77	2.70	7.77
#FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#463D03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B5E00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BB000B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a90308;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 3, 8);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.188 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ce624d',
    500: '#a90308',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a90308;
$custom-light: #ce624d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a90308",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 3,
    "b": 8
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.193,
    "s": 96.512,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46276,
    "c": 0.1879,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A90308

secondary

#31D7D2

accent

#FFF929

background

#FEF6F4

surface

#FCEBE7

border

#D5C6C3

text

#160601

muted

#847A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #A90308

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

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