#A24537#A24537

#A24537 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.127 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A24537
RGBrgb(162, 69, 55)
HSLhsl(8, 49%, 43%)
HSVhsv(8, 66%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57.4%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(41.56, 37.54, 27.43)
CIE-LCHlch(41.56, 46.50, 36.16°)
OKLaboklab(51.05% 0.1089 0.0645)
OKLCHoklch(51.05% 0.127 30.6)
XYZxyz(17.7197, 12.2157, 5.0385)
Luminance0.1221 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A24537 #3794A2
analogous
#A2375F #A24537 #A27A37
triadic
#A24537 #37A245 #4537A2
tetradic
#A24537 #5FA237 #3794A2 #7A37A2
square
#A24537 #5FA237 #3794A2 #7A37A2
split-complementary
#A24537 #37A27A #375FA2
monochromatic
#471E18 #743227 #A24537 #C46152 #D48B80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10
#A24537 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44
#A24537 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A24537
6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A24537#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A245371.006.103.446.10
#FFFFFF6.101.0021.001.00
#0000003.4421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.101.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5D5635
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#746A35
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B13342
Achromatopsia (no color)
#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a24537;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 69, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.127 30.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37c6e',
    500: '#a24537',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a24537;
$custom-light: #c37c6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a24537",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.85,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51046,
    "c": 0.1266,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A24537
secondary
#78B4BD
accent
#C7D94F
background
#FCF7F6
surface
#F9EEEC
border
#D2C9C7
text
#140A07
muted
#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A24537

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#A24537 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva