#A5482D#A5482D

#A5482D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.130 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5482D
RGB	rgb(165, 72, 45)
HSL	hsl(14, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.50, 36.62, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.50, 50.25, 43.22°)
OKLab	oklab(51.81% 0.1038 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(51.81% 0.13 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3099, 12.8259, 3.9936)
Luminance	0.1282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5482D #2D8AA5

analogous

#A52D4E #A5482D #A5842D

triadic

#A5482D #2DA548 #482DA5

tetradic

#A5482D #4EA52D #2D8AA5 #842DA5

square

#A5482D #4EA52D #2D8AA5 #842DA5

split-complementary

#A5482D #2DA584 #2D4EA5

monochromatic

#451E13 #753320 #A5482D #CC6243 #D98A73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A5482D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#A5482D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5482D

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5482D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5482D	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)

#61582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5482d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 72, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.130 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67e67',
    500: '#a5482d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5482d;
$custom-light: #c67e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5482d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.5,
    "s": 57.143,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51814,
    "c": 0.12982,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5482D

secondary

#6DAEC1

accent

#BEE047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5482D

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

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