#A5482C#A5482C

#A5482C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.130 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5482C
RGB	rgb(165, 72, 44)
HSL	hsl(14, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.49, 36.57, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.49, 50.58, 43.71°)
OKLab	oklab(51.8% 0.1035 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(51.8% 0.13 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2908, 12.8183, 3.8934)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5482C #2C89A5

analogous

#A52C4C #A5482C #A5842C

triadic

#A5482C #2CA548 #482CA5

tetradic

#A5482C #4CA52C #2C89A5 #842CA5

square

#A5482C #4CA52C #2C89A5 #842CA5

split-complementary

#A5482C #2CA584 #2C4CA5

monochromatic

#441E12 #75331F #A5482C #CD6242 #D98A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A5482C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A5482C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5482C

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5482C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5482C	1.00	5.89	3.56	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#615829

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.130 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67e66',
    500: '#a5482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5482c;
$custom-light: #c67e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.884,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51802,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5482C

secondary

#6CADC1

accent

#BDE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5482C

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

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