#A3482A#A3482A

#A3482A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.128 H 38.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3482A
RGB	rgb(163, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(15, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(15, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 74.2%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.14, 35.68, 35.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.14, 50.39, 44.91°)
OKLab	oklab(51.47% 0.1006 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.47% 0.128 38.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8413, 12.5907, 3.6808)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3482A #2A85A3

analogous

#A32A49 #A3482A #A3842A

triadic

#A3482A #2AA348 #482AA3

tetradic

#A3482A #49A32A #2A85A3 #842AA3

square

#A3482A #49A32A #2A85A3 #842AA3

split-complementary

#A3482A #2AA384 #2A49A3

monochromatic

#421D11 #72331D #A3482A #CD613D #DA896E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#A3482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A3482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3482A

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3482A	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33541

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.128 38.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57d65',
    500: '#a3482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3482a;
$custom-light: #c57d65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.876,
    "s": 59.024,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51466,
    "c": 0.12847,
    "h": 38.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3482A

secondary

#68ABC0

accent

#BBE246

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3482A

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

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