#A8372D#A8372D

#A8372D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.150 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8372D
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 45)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 45.71, 31.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 55.65, 34.77°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.1318 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.15 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9902, 11.2493, 3.7061)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8372D #2D9EA8

analogous

#A82D61 #A8372D #A8752D

triadic

#A8372D #2DA837 #372DA8

tetradic

#A8372D #61A82D #2D9EA8 #752DA8

square

#A8372D #61A82D #2D9EA8 #752DA8

split-complementary

#A8372D #2DA875 #2D61A8

monochromatic

#471713 #782720 #A8372D #CD5045 #DA7D75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A8372D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A8372D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8372D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8372D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8372D	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8372d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.150 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97466',
    500: '#a8372d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8372d;
$custom-light: #c97466;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8372d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.878,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50025,
    "c": 0.15015,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8372D

secondary

#6FBBC2

accent

#D4E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8372D

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

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