#A84248#A84248

#A84248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.134 H 19.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84248
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 72)
HSL	hsl(356, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(356, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 57.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.29, 42.45, 18.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.29, 46.22, 23.31°)
OKLab	oklab(51.89% 0.1267 0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(51.89% 0.134 19.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.2680, 12.6916, 7.5647)
Luminance	0.1269 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84248 #42A8A2

analogous

#A8427B #A84248 #A86F42

triadic

#A84248 #48A842 #4248A8

tetradic

#A84248 #7BA842 #42A8A2 #6F42A8

square

#A84248 #7BA842 #42A8A2 #6F42A8

split-complementary

#A84248 #42A86F #427BA8

monochromatic

#501F22 #7C3135 #A84248 #C2656A #D49195

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#A84248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#A84248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84248

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84248	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5648

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B73045

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.134 19.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77b7a',
    500: '#a84248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84248;
$custom-light: #c77b7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.471,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51893,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 19.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84248

secondary

#87BFBC

accent

#D3CC54

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84248

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

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