#A3482C#A3482C

#A3482C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.128 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A3482C
RGB	rgb(163, 72, 44)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 73%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.16, 35.78, 34.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.16, 49.70, 43.96°)
OKLab	oklab(51.49% 0.1013 0.078)
OKLCH	oklch(51.49% 0.128 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.8780, 12.6054, 3.8740)
Luminance	0.1260 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A3482C #2C87A3

analogous

#A32C4B #A3482C #A3832C

triadic

#A3482C #2CA348 #482CA3

tetradic

#A3482C #4BA32C #2C87A3 #832CA3

square

#A3482C #4BA32C #2C87A3 #832CA3

split-complementary

#A3482C #2CA383 #2C4BA3

monochromatic

#431D12 #73331F #A3482C #CC6141 #D98971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A3482C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#A3482C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A3482C

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A3482C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A3482C	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33542

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a3482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.128 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57d66',
    500: '#a3482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a3482c;
$custom-light: #c57d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a3482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.118,
    "s": 57.488,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51491,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A3482C

secondary

#6BACC0

accent

#BDE147

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A3482C

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

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