#A0482B#A0482B

#A0482B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.125 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0482B
RGB	rgb(160, 72, 43)
HSL	hsl(15, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 73%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55%, 73.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.67, 34.54, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.67, 48.72, 44.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.01% 0.0976 0.0777)
OKLCH	oklch(51.01% 0.125 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2523, 12.2849, 3.7478)
Luminance	0.1228 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0482B #2B83A0

analogous

#A02B48 #A0482B #A0832B

triadic

#A0482B #2BA048 #482BA0

tetradic

#A0482B #48A02B #2B83A0 #832BA0

square

#A0482B #48A02B #2B83A0 #832BA0

split-complementary

#A0482B #2BA083 #2B48A0

monochromatic

#401D11 #70321E #A0482B #CB603D #D8886E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#A0482B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A0482B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0482B

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0482B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0482B	1.00	6.08	3.46	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03642

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0482b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 72, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.125 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27d66',
    500: '#a0482b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0482b;
$custom-light: #c27d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0482b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.872,
    "s": 57.635,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51014,
    "c": 0.12471,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0482B

secondary

#68A9BF

accent

#BBE147

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0482B

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

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