#A04538#A04538

#A04538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.124 H 30.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04538
RGB	rgb(160, 69, 56)
HSL	hsl(8, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(8, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.9%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.24, 36.84, 26.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.24, 45.31, 35.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.75% 0.1072 0.0623)
OKLCH	oklch(50.75% 0.124 30.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3407, 12.0175, 5.1471)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04538 #3893A0

analogous

#A0385F #A04538 #A07938

triadic

#A04538 #38A045 #4538A0

tetradic

#A04538 #5FA038 #3893A0 #7938A0

square

#A04538 #5FA038 #3893A0 #7938A0

split-complementary

#A04538 #38A079 #385FA0

monochromatic

#451E18 #733128 #A04538 #C36153 #D38A80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#A04538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A04538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04538

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04538	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5536

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736936

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 69, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.124 30.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27c6f',
    500: '#a04538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04538;
$custom-light: #c27c6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5075,
    "c": 0.12397,
    "h": 30.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04538

secondary

#78B3BC

accent

#C7D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F8EEEC

border

#D1C9C7

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04538

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

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