#A8403C#A8403C

#A8403C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.138 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8403C
RGB	rgb(168, 64, 60)
HSL	hsl(2, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(2, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.9%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.72, 42.52, 24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.72, 49.26, 30.32°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1248 0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.138 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.7993, 12.3204, 5.6622)
Luminance	0.1232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8403C #3CA4A8

analogous

#A83C6E #A8403C #A8763C

triadic

#A8403C #3CA840 #403CA8

tetradic

#A8403C #6EA83C #3CA4A8 #763CA8

square

#A8403C #6EA83C #3CA4A8 #763CA8

split-complementary

#A8403C #3CA876 #3C6EA8

monochromatic

#4E1E1C #7B2F2C #A8403C #C5605C #D58C89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.06

#A8403C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A8403C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8403C

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8403C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8403C	1.00	6.06	3.46	6.06
#FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B543B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8403c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 64, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.138 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87972',
    500: '#a8403c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8403c;
$custom-light: #c87972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8403c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5139,
    "c": 0.13811,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12318
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8403C

secondary

#80BDBF

accent

#D2D751

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEC

border

#D3C9C7

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8403C

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

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