#A5422D#A5422D

#A5422D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.136 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5422D
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.35, 39.60, 33.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.35, 51.63, 39.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.95% 0.113 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(50.95% 0.136 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9407, 12.0876, 3.8705)
Luminance	0.1208 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5422D #2D90A5

analogous

#A52D54 #A5422D #A57E2D

triadic

#A5422D #2DA542 #422DA5

tetradic

#A5422D #54A52D #2D90A5 #7E2DA5

square

#A5422D #54A52D #2D90A5 #7E2DA5

split-complementary

#A5422D #2DA57E #2D54A5

monochromatic

#451C13 #752F20 #A5422D #CC5B43 #D98573

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.15

#A5422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A5422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5422D

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5422D	1.00	6.15	3.42	6.15
#FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D542A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756A2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.136 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77a67',
    500: '#a5422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5422d;
$custom-light: #c77a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50947,
    "c": 0.13574,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12085
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5422D

secondary

#6DB2C1

accent

#C6E047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5422D

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

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