#A0442E#A0442E

#A0442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.128 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0442E
RGB	rgb(160, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(12, 55%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(12, 71%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 71.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.91, 36.75, 31.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.91, 48.61, 40.90°)
OKLab	oklab(50.45% 0.1049 0.0728)
OKLCH	oklch(50.45% 0.128 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0591, 11.8073, 3.9650)
Luminance	0.1181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0442E #2E8AA0

analogous

#A02E51 #A0442E #A07D2E

triadic

#A0442E #2EA044 #442EA0

tetradic

#A0442E #51A02E #2E8AA0 #7D2EA0

square

#A0442E #51A02E #2E8AA0 #7D2EA0

split-complementary

#A0442E #2EA07D #2E51A0

monochromatic

#411C13 #703020 #A0442E #C95C42 #D68572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.25

#A0442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A0442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0442E

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0442E	1.00	6.25	3.36	6.25
#FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0313F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.128 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b67',
    500: '#a0442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0442e;
$custom-light: #c27b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.579,
    "s": 55.34,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50451,
    "c": 0.12771,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0442E

secondary

#6CAEBE

accent

#C2DF49

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0442E

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

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