#A8472D#A8472D

#A8472D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.134 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8472D
RGB	rgb(168, 71, 45)
HSL	hsl(13, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.80, 38.28, 34.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.80, 51.79, 42.34°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1086 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.134 36)
XYZ	xyz(18.8772, 13.0233, 4.0018)
Luminance	0.1302 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8472D #2D8EA8

analogous

#A82D51 #A8472D #A8852D

triadic

#A8472D #2DA847 #472DA8

tetradic

#A8472D #51A82D #2D8EA8 #852DA8

square

#A8472D #51A82D #2D8EA8 #852DA8

split-complementary

#A8472D #2DA885 #2D51A8

monochromatic

#471E13 #783320 #A8472D #CD6245 #DA8B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#A8472D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#A8472D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8472D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8472D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8472D	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61582A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796D2A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83241

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8472d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 71, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.134 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97d67',
    500: '#a8472d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8472d;
$custom-light: #c97d67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8472d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 71,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.683,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52137,
    "c": 0.13421,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.13021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8472D

secondary

#6FB0C2

accent

#C0E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8472D

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

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