#A04138#A04138

#A04138 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.128 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04138
RGB	rgb(160, 65, 56)
HSL	hsl(5, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.4%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.48, 38.84, 25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.48, 46.43, 33.22°)
OKLab	oklab(50.17% 0.1134 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(50.17% 0.128 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.1029, 11.5419, 5.0678)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04138 #3897A0

analogous

#A03863 #A04138 #A07538

triadic

#A04138 #38A041 #4138A0

tetradic

#A04138 #63A038 #3897A0 #7538A0

square

#A04138 #63A038 #3897A0 #7538A0

split-complementary

#A04138 #38A075 #3863A0

monochromatic

#451C18 #732F28 #A04138 #C35C53 #D38780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A04138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A04138 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04138

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04138	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 65, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.128 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2796f',
    500: '#a04138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04138;
$custom-light: #c2796f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.192,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50172,
    "c": 0.1284,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.1154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04138

secondary

#78B6BC

accent

#CCD850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04138

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

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