#A0422E#A0422E

#A0422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.130 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0422E
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 71.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.52, 37.75, 31.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.52, 49.09, 39.74°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.108 0.0718)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.13 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9402, 11.5695, 3.9253)
Luminance	0.1157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0422E #2E8CA0

analogous

#A02E53 #A0422E #A07B2E

triadic

#A0422E #2EA042 #422EA0

tetradic

#A0422E #53A02E #2E8CA0 #7B2EA0

square

#A0422E #53A02E #2E8CA0 #7B2EA0

split-complementary

#A0422E #2EA07B #2E53A0

monochromatic

#411B13 #702E20 #A0422E #C95A42 #D68472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A0422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A0422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0422E

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0422E	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B532C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.130 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37a67',
    500: '#a0422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0422e;
$custom-light: #c37a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.526,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50159,
    "c": 0.12973,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0422E

secondary

#6CB0BE

accent

#C4DF49

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0422E

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

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