#A5482E#A5482E

#A5482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.130 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5482E
RGB	rgb(165, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(13, 72%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 56.4%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 36.67, 33.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 49.91, 42.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.83% 0.1042 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(51.83% 0.13 36.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3294, 12.8337, 4.0962)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5482E #2E8BA5

analogous

#A52E50 #A5482E #A5842E

triadic

#A5482E #2EA548 #482EA5

tetradic

#A5482E #50A52E #2E8BA5 #842EA5

square

#A5482E #50A52E #2E8BA5 #842EA5

split-complementary

#A5482E #2EA584 #2E50A5

monochromatic

#451E13 #753321 #A5482E #CB6245 #D88B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A5482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A5482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5482E

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5482E	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B53442

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.130 36.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67e68',
    500: '#a5482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5482e;
$custom-light: #c67e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.109,
    "s": 56.398,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51827,
    "c": 0.12952,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12831
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5482E

secondary

#6FAEC0

accent

#BFE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5482E

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

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