#A5442A#A5442A

#A5442A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.135 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5442A
RGB	rgb(165, 68, 42)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 38.47, 35.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 52.13, 42.44°)
OKLab	oklab(51.19% 0.109 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(51.19% 0.135 35.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.0039, 12.3032, 3.6167)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5442A #2A8BA5

analogous

#A52A4D #A5442A #A5812A

triadic

#A5442A #2AA544 #442AA5

tetradic

#A5442A #4DA52A #2A8BA5 #812AA5

square

#A5442A #4DA52A #2A8BA5 #812AA5

split-complementary

#A5442A #2AA581 #2A4DA5

monochromatic

#431C11 #74301E #A5442A #CE5D3E #DA866F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A5442A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A5442A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5442A

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5442A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5442A	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52E3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5442a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 68, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.135 35.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77b65',
    500: '#a5442a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5442a;
$custom-light: #c77b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5442a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.683,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51192,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5442A

secondary

#69AFC1

accent

#C1E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5442A

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

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