#A04438#A04438

#A04438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.125 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04438
RGB	rgb(160, 68, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(7, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.5%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.05, 37.35, 26.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.05, 45.59, 34.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.6% 0.1087 0.0618)
OKLCH	oklch(50.6% 0.125 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2797, 11.8955, 5.1267)
Luminance	0.1189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04438 #3894A0

analogous

#A03860 #A04438 #A07838

triadic

#A04438 #38A044 #4438A0

tetradic

#A04438 #60A038 #3894A0 #7838A0

square

#A04438 #60A038 #3894A0 #7838A0

split-complementary

#A04438 #38A078 #3860A0

monochromatic

#451D18 #733128 #A04438 #C35F53 #D38980

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A04438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A04438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04438

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04438	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736836

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 68, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.125 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27b6f',
    500: '#a04438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04438;
$custom-light: #c27b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.923,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50603,
    "c": 0.12508,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04438

secondary

#78B4BC

accent

#C8D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#130907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04438

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

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