#A04038#A04038

#A04038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.130 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04038
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 39.33, 25.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 46.71, 32.65°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1149 0.0597)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.13 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0460, 11.4281, 5.0488)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04038 #3898A0

analogous

#A03864 #A04038 #A07438

triadic

#A04038 #38A040 #4038A0

tetradic

#A04038 #64A038 #3898A0 #7438A0

square

#A04038 #64A038 #3898A0 #7438A0

split-complementary

#A04038 #38A074 #3864A0

monochromatic

#451C18 #732E28 #A04038 #C35B53 #D38680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#A04038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A04038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04038

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04038	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.130 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2796e',
    500: '#a04038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04038;
$custom-light: #c2796e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50031,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04038

secondary

#78B7BC

accent

#CDD850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04038

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

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