#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
RGBrgb(168, 67, 42)
HSLhsl(12, 60%, 41%)
HSVhsv(12, 75%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.1%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(42.01, 40.10, 35.68)
CIE-LCHlch(42.01, 53.67, 41.66°)
OKLaboklab(51.53% 0.1137 0.0799)
OKLCHoklch(51.53% 0.139 35.1)
XYZxyz(18.5755, 12.5088, 3.6263)
Luminance0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##A8432A1.006.003.506.00
#FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00
#0000003.5021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.001.0021.001.00

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

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#A8432A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva