#A8422B#A8422B

#A8422B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.140 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8422B
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 43)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.84, 40.63, 34.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.84, 53.58, 40.69°)
OKLab	oklab(51.41% 0.1155 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(51.41% 0.14 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5346, 12.3982, 3.7021)
Luminance	0.1240 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8422B #2B91A8

analogous

#A82B53 #A8422B #A8812B

triadic

#A8422B #2BA842 #422BA8

tetradic

#A8422B #53A82B #2B91A8 #812BA8

square

#A8422B #53A82B #2B91A8 #812BA8

split-complementary

#A8422B #2BA881 #2B53A8

monochromatic

#471C12 #772F1F #A8422B #CF5C42 #DB8672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.04

#A8422B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A8422B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8422B

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8422B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8422B	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)

#5E5528

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8422b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.140 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a65',
    500: '#a8422b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8422b;
$custom-light: #c97a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8422b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.04,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51406,
    "c": 0.13965,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8422B

secondary

#6CB3C2

accent

#C6E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8422B

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

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