#A14838#A14838

#A14838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.122 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14838
RGB	rgb(161, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(9, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(9, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.3%, 65.2%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 35.70, 27.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 44.97, 37.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.35% 0.1035 0.0644)
OKLCH	oklch(51.35% 0.122 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7307, 12.4995, 5.2196)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14838 #3891A1

analogous

#A1385C #A14838 #A17D38

triadic

#A14838 #38A148 #4838A1

tetradic

#A14838 #5CA138 #3891A1 #7D38A1

square

#A14838 #5CA138 #3891A1 #7D38A1

split-complementary

#A14838 #38A17D #385CA1

monochromatic

#461F18 #743428 #A14838 #C36453 #D38D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A14838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A14838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14838

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14838	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5736

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03744

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.122 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27e6f',
    500: '#a14838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14838;
$custom-light: #c27e6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.143,
    "s": 48.387,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51354,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14838

secondary

#78B2BC

accent

#C3D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEC

border

#D2C9C7

text

#130A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14838

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

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