#A8381E#A8381E

#A8381E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.152 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8381E
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 30)
HSL	hsl(11, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 44.69, 39.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 59.97, 41.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1256 0.0858)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.152 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7990, 11.2495, 2.4622)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8381E #1E8EA8

analogous

#A81E49 #A8381E #A87D1E

triadic

#A8381E #1EA838 #381EA8

tetradic

#A8381E #49A81E #1E8EA8 #7D1EA8

square

#A8381E #49A81E #1E8EA8 #7D1EA8

split-complementary

#A8381E #1EA87D #1E49A8

monochromatic

#40150B #742715 #A8381E #D94B2A #E2775E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A8381E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A8381E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8381E

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8381E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8381E	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)

#584F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746719

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8381e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.152 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca745c',
    500: '#a8381e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8381e;
$custom-light: #ca745c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8381e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.304,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49974,
    "c": 0.15212,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8381E

secondary

#5BB2C7

accent

#CBED3B

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FBEDE9

border

#D4C8C5

text

#150904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8381E

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

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