#A8372A#A8372A

#A8372A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.151 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8372A
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 42)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.96, 45.58, 33.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.96, 56.52, 36.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.1307 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.151 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.9345, 11.2270, 3.4127)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8372A #2A9BA8

analogous

#A82A5C #A8372A #A8762A

triadic

#A8372A #2AA837 #372AA8

tetradic

#A8372A #5CA82A #2A9BA8 #762AA8

square

#A8372A #5CA82A #2A9BA8 #762AA8

split-complementary

#A8372A #2AA876 #2A5CA8

monochromatic

#461712 #77271E #A8372A #CF4F40 #DB7C71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A8372A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A8372A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8372A

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8372A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8372A	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8372a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.151 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7464',
    500: '#a8372a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8372a;
$custom-light: #ca7464;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8372a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.19,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49985,
    "c": 0.15069,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8372A

secondary

#6BBAC3

accent

#D3E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8372A

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

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