#A8372C#A8372C

#A8372C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.150 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8372C
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 44)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, 45.67, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 55.93, 35.27°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1314 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.15 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.9712, 11.2417, 3.6059)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8372C #2C9DA8

analogous

#A82C5F #A8372C #A8752C

triadic

#A8372C #2CA837 #372CA8

tetradic

#A8372C #5FA82C #2C9DA8 #752CA8

square

#A8372C #5FA82C #2C9DA8 #752CA8

split-complementary

#A8372C #2CA875 #2C5FA8

monochromatic

#471713 #78271F #A8372C #CE5043 #DB7D74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A8372C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A8372C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8372C

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8372C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8372C	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8372c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.150 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97466',
    500: '#a8372c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8372c;
$custom-light: #c97466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8372c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.323,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50011,
    "c": 0.15032,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8372C

secondary

#6EBBC2

accent

#D4E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8372C

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

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