#A5462A#A5462A

#A5462A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.133 H 37.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5462A
RGB	rgb(165, 70, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.6%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.08, 37.48, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.08, 51.69, 43.53°)
OKLab	oklab(51.48% 0.1059 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.48% 0.133 37)
XYZ	xyz(18.1270, 12.5492, 3.6577)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5462A #2A89A5

analogous

#A52A4B #A5462A #A5842A

triadic

#A5462A #2AA546 #462AA5

tetradic

#A5462A #4BA52A #2A89A5 #842AA5

square

#A5462A #4BA52A #2A89A5 #842AA5

split-complementary

#A5462A #2AA584 #2A4BA5

monochromatic

#431D11 #74311E #A5462A #CE5F3E #DA876F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#A5462A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#A5462A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5462A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5462A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5462A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53140

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5462a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 70, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.133 37.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67c65',
    500: '#a5462a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5462a;
$custom-light: #c67c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5462a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 70,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.659,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51482,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 37
  },
  "luminance": 0.12547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5462A

secondary

#69ADC1

accent

#BFE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A05

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5462A

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

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