#A8352E#A8352E

#A8352E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.152 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8352E
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 46)
HSL	hsl(3, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 46.60, 30.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 55.86, 33.46°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% 0.1348 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.152 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9166, 11.0709, 3.7777)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8352E #2EA1A8

analogous

#A82E64 #A8352E #A8722E

triadic

#A8352E #2EA835 #352EA8

tetradic

#A8352E #64A82E #2EA1A8 #722EA8

square

#A8352E #64A82E #2EA1A8 #722EA8

split-complementary

#A8352E #2EA872 #2E64A8

monochromatic

#481714 #782621 #A8352E #CD4E47 #DA7C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A8352E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A8352E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8352E

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8352E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8352E	1.00	6.53	3.21	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91334

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8352e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.152 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97367',
    500: '#a8352e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8352e;
$custom-light: #c97367;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8352e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.443,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49806,
    "c": 0.15194,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8352E

secondary

#70BDC2

accent

#D8E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8352E

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

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