#A8352B#A8352B

#A8352B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.152 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8352B
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 43)
HSL	hsl(5, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.66, 46.46, 32.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.66, 56.71, 34.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.77% 0.1337 0.0732)
OKLCH	oklch(49.77% 0.152 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.8596, 11.0481, 3.4771)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8352B #2B9EA8

analogous

#A82B60 #A8352B #A8742B

triadic

#A8352B #2BA835 #352BA8

tetradic

#A8352B #60A82B #2B9EA8 #742BA8

square

#A8352B #60A82B #2B9EA8 #742BA8

split-complementary

#A8352B #2BA874 #2B60A8

monochromatic

#471612 #77261F #A8352B #CF4D42 #DB7B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A8352B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A8352B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8352B

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8352B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8352B	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8352b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.152 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7365',
    500: '#a8352b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8352b;
$custom-light: #ca7365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8352b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.8,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49765,
    "c": 0.15245,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8352B

secondary

#6CBBC2

accent

#D6E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8352B

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

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