#A8442B#A8442B

#A8442B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.138 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8442B
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 43)
HSL	hsl(12, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.21, 39.66, 35.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.21, 53.12, 41.70°)
OKLab	oklab(51.68% 0.1125 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(51.68% 0.138 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6535, 12.6360, 3.7418)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8442B #2B8FA8

analogous

#A82B51 #A8442B #A8832B

triadic

#A8442B #2BA844 #442BA8

tetradic

#A8442B #51A82B #2B8FA8 #832BA8

square

#A8442B #51A82B #2B8FA8 #832BA8

split-complementary

#A8442B #2BA883 #2B51A8

monochromatic

#471D12 #77301F #A8442B #CF5E42 #DB8772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#A8442B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A8442B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8442B

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8442B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8442B	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92D3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8442b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.138 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b65',
    500: '#a8442b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8442b;
$custom-light: #c97b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8442b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51684,
    "c": 0.13769,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12633
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8442B

secondary

#6CB1C2

accent

#C3E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8442B

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

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