#A04238#A04238

#A04238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.127 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04238
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 56)
HSL	hsl(6, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.67, 38.34, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.67, 46.14, 33.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% 0.1119 0.0608)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.127 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1608, 11.6577, 5.0871)
Luminance	0.1166 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04238 #3896A0

analogous

#A03862 #A04238 #A07638

triadic

#A04238 #38A042 #4238A0

tetradic

#A04238 #62A038 #3896A0 #7638A0

square

#A04238 #62A038 #3896A0 #7638A0

split-complementary

#A04238 #38A076 #3862A0

monochromatic

#451D18 #732F28 #A04238 #C35D53 #D38880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#A04238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.33

#A04238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04238

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04238	1.00	6.30	3.33	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.33	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.127 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27a6f',
    500: '#a04238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04238;
$custom-light: #c27a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.769,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50314,
    "c": 0.12729,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04238

secondary

#78B5BC

accent

#CBD850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#130907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04238

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

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