#A8422E#A8422E

#A8422E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.139 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8422E
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 46)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.88, 40.77, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.88, 52.63, 39.23°)
OKLab	oklab(51.44% 0.1166 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(51.44% 0.139 33)
XYZ	xyz(18.5917, 12.4210, 4.0027)
Luminance	0.1242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8422E #2E94A8

analogous

#A82E57 #A8422E #A87F2E

triadic

#A8422E #2EA842 #422EA8

tetradic

#A8422E #57A82E #2E94A8 #7F2EA8

square

#A8422E #57A82E #2E94A8 #7F2EA8

split-complementary

#A8422E #2EA87F #2E57A8

monochromatic

#481C14 #782F21 #A8422E #CD5D47 #DA8777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A8422E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.48

#A8422E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8422E

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8422E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8422E	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)

#5E552B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8422e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.139 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a67',
    500: '#a8422e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8422e;
$custom-light: #c97a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8422e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51444,
    "c": 0.1389,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.12419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8422E

secondary

#70B4C2

accent

#C7E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8422E

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

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