#A8381D#A8381D

#A8381D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.152 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8381D
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 29)
HSL	hsl(12, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 82.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 44.66, 40.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 60.28, 42.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1254 0.0865)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.152 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7864, 11.2445, 2.3960)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8381D #1D8DA8

analogous

#A81D47 #A8381D #A87D1D

triadic

#A8381D #1DA838 #381DA8

tetradic

#A8381D #47A81D #1D8DA8 #7D1DA8

square

#A8381D #47A81D #1D8DA8 #7D1DA8

split-complementary

#A8381D #1DA87D #1D47A8

monochromatic

#40150B #742714 #A8381D #DA4B28 #E3775C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A8381D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A8381D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8381D

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8381D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8381D	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)

#594E19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746718

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8381d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.152 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca745c',
    500: '#a8381d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8381d;
$custom-light: #ca745c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8381d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.655,
    "s": 70.558,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49966,
    "c": 0.1523,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8381D

secondary

#5AB2C7

accent

#CBED3A

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8381D

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

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