#A8432A#A8432A

#A8432A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.139 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8432A
RGB	rgb(168, 67, 42)
HSL	hsl(12, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, 40.10, 35.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 53.67, 41.66°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1137 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.139 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.5755, 12.5088, 3.6263)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8432A #2A8FA8

analogous

#A82A50 #A8432A #A8822A

triadic

#A8432A #2AA843 #432AA8

tetradic

#A8432A #50A82A #2A8FA8 #822AA8

square

#A8432A #50A82A #2A8FA8 #822AA8

split-complementary

#A8432A #2AA882 #2A50A8

monochromatic

#461C12 #772F1E #A8432A #CF5C40 #DB8671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A8432A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A8432A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8432A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8432A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8432A	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5527

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92C3E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8432a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 67, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.139 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b65',
    500: '#a8432a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8432a;
$custom-light: #c97b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8432a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.905,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51532,
    "c": 0.13893,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8432A

secondary

#6BB1C3

accent

#C4E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8432A

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

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