#A8442E#A8442E

#A8442E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.7% C 0.137 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8442E
RGB	rgb(168, 68, 46)
HSL	hsl(11, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(11, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.24, 39.81, 33.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.24, 52.16, 40.25°)
OKLab	oklab(51.72% 0.1136 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(51.72% 0.137 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.7106, 12.6588, 4.0424)
Luminance	0.1266 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8442E #2E92A8

analogous

#A82E55 #A8442E #A8812E

triadic

#A8442E #2EA844 #442EA8

tetradic

#A8442E #55A82E #2E92A8 #812EA8

square

#A8442E #55A82E #2E92A8 #812EA8

split-complementary

#A8442E #2EA881 #2E55A8

monochromatic

#481D14 #783121 #A8442E #CD5F47 #DA8977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#A8442E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A8442E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8442E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8442E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8442E	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)

#5F562B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92E3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8442e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 68, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.7% 0.137 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97b68',
    500: '#a8442e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8442e;
$custom-light: #c97b68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8442e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 68,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51721,
    "c": 0.1369,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8442E

secondary

#70B3C2

accent

#C5E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8442E

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

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