#A8422D#A8422D

#A8422D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.139 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8422D
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 45)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.87, 40.72, 33.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.87, 52.95, 39.73°)
OKLab	oklab(51.43% 0.1162 0.0766)
OKLCH	oklch(51.43% 0.139 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5722, 12.4133, 3.9001)
Luminance	0.1241 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8422D #2D93A8

analogous

#A82D56 #A8422D #A8802D

triadic

#A8422D #2DA842 #422DA8

tetradic

#A8422D #56A82D #2D93A8 #802DA8

square

#A8422D #56A82D #2D93A8 #802DA8

split-complementary

#A8422D #2DA880 #2D56A8

monochromatic

#471C13 #782F20 #A8422D #CD5C45 #DA8775

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A8422D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A8422D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8422D

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8422D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8422D	1.00	6.03	3.48	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8422d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.139 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a67',
    500: '#a8422d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8422d;
$custom-light: #c97a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8422d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.244,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51431,
    "c": 0.13915,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8422D

secondary

#6FB4C2

accent

#C7E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8422D

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

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