#A8422A#A8422A

#A8422A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.140 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8422A
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.83, 40.58, 35.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.83, 53.90, 41.16°)
OKLab	oklab(51.39% 0.1152 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.39% 0.14 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5165, 12.3910, 3.6067)
Luminance	0.1239 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8422A #2A90A8

analogous

#A82A51 #A8422A #A8812A

triadic

#A8422A #2AA842 #422AA8

tetradic

#A8422A #51A82A #2A90A8 #812AA8

square

#A8422A #51A82A #2A90A8 #812AA8

split-complementary

#A8422A #2AA881 #2A51A8

monochromatic

#461C12 #772F1E #A8422A #CF5B40 #DB8571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A8422A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A8422A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8422A

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8422A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8422A	1.00	6.04	3.48	6.04
#FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8422a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.140 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a65',
    500: '#a8422a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8422a;
$custom-light: #c97a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8422a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51394,
    "c": 0.13991,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8422A

secondary

#6BB2C3

accent

#C5E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8422A

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

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