#A8402E#A8402E

#A8402E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.141 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8402E
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 46)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.52, 41.72, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.52, 53.12, 38.24°)
OKLab	oklab(51.17% 0.1195 0.0747)
OKLCH	oklch(51.17% 0.141 32)
XYZ	xyz(18.4769, 12.1914, 3.9645)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8402E #2E96A8

analogous

#A82E59 #A8402E #A87D2E

triadic

#A8402E #2EA840 #402EA8

tetradic

#A8402E #59A82E #2E96A8 #7D2EA8

square

#A8402E #59A82E #2E96A8 #7D2EA8

split-complementary

#A8402E #2EA87D #2E59A8

monochromatic

#481B14 #782E21 #A8402E #CD5A47 #DA8577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A8402E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A8402E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8402E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8402E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8402E	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C542C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766A2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9283C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8402e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.141 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97967',
    500: '#a8402e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8402e;
$custom-light: #c97967;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8402e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51173,
    "c": 0.14091,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.12189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8402E

secondary

#70B6C2

accent

#CAE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8402E

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

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