#A8372E#A8372E

#A8372E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.150 H 28.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8372E
RGB	rgb(168, 55, 46)
HSL	hsl(4, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.01, 45.76, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.01, 55.36, 34.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.04% 0.1321 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(50.04% 0.15 28.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0097, 11.2571, 3.8087)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8372E #2E9FA8

analogous

#A82E62 #A8372E #A8742E

triadic

#A8372E #2EA837 #372EA8

tetradic

#A8372E #62A82E #2E9FA8 #742EA8

square

#A8372E #62A82E #2E9FA8 #742EA8

split-complementary

#A8372E #2EA874 #2E62A8

monochromatic

#481814 #782721 #A8372E #CD5147 #DA7E77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A8372E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A8372E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8372E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8372E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8372E	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)

#574F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73672A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8372e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 55, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.150 28.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97467',
    500: '#a8372e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8372e;
$custom-light: #c97467;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8372e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.426,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50038,
    "c": 0.14997,
    "h": 28.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8372E

secondary

#70BCC2

accent

#D5E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8372E

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

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