#A02E38#A02E38

#A02E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.149 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02E38
RGB	rgb(160, 46, 56)
HSL	hsl(355, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 71.2%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 47.31, 21.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 51.95, 24.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.81% 0.1401 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(47.81% 0.149 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1897, 9.7154, 4.7634)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02E38 #2EA096

analogous

#A02E71 #A02E38 #A05D2E

triadic

#A02E38 #38A02E #2E38A0

tetradic

#A02E38 #71A02E #2EA096 #5D2EA0

square

#A02E38 #71A02E #2EA096 #5D2EA0

split-complementary

#A02E38 #2EA05D #2E71A0

monochromatic

#411317 #702027 #A02E38 #C9424E #D6727B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A02E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A02E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02E38

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02E38	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6135

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00C33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 46, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.149 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36f6e',
    500: '#a02e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02e38;
$custom-light: #c36f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.737,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47807,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02E38

secondary

#6CBEB7

accent

#DFD249

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02E38

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

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