#A8382D#A8382D

#A8382D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.149 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8382D
RGB	rgb(168, 56, 45)
HSL	hsl(5, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 45.28, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 55.40, 35.17°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.1304 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.149 29)
XYZ	xyz(18.0382, 11.3452, 3.7221)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8382D #2D9DA8

analogous

#A82D60 #A8382D #A8762D

triadic

#A8382D #2DA838 #382DA8

tetradic

#A8382D #60A82D #2D9DA8 #762DA8

square

#A8382D #60A82D #2D9DA8 #762DA8

split-complementary

#A8382D #2DA876 #2D60A8

monochromatic

#471813 #782820 #A8382D #CD5145 #DA7E75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A8382D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A8382D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8382D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8382D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8382D	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8382d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 56, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.149 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97566',
    500: '#a8382d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8382d;
$custom-light: #c97566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8382d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.366,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50144,
    "c": 0.14916,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8382D

secondary

#6FBAC2

accent

#D3E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8382D

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

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