#A8422F#A8422F

#A8422F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.139 H 32.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8422F
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 47)
HSL	hsl(9, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.89, 40.82, 32.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.89, 52.32, 38.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1169 0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.139 32.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6117, 12.4290, 4.1078)
Luminance	0.1243 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8422F #2F95A8

analogous

#A82F59 #A8422F #A87E2F

triadic

#A8422F #2FA842 #422FA8

tetradic

#A8422F #59A82F #2F95A8 #7E2FA8

square

#A8422F #59A82F #2F95A8 #7E2FA8

split-complementary

#A8422F #2FA87E #2F59A8

monochromatic

#481C14 #782F22 #A8422F #CC5D48 #D98778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.03

#A8422F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A8422F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8422F

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8422F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8422F	1.00	6.03	3.49	6.03
#FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E552D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#776B2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92B3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8422f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.139 32.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97a68',
    500: '#a8422f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8422f;
$custom-light: #c97a68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8422f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.421,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51457,
    "c": 0.13866,
    "h": 32.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8422F

secondary

#71B5C1

accent

#C8E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8422F

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

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