#A8482A#A8482A

#A8482A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.2% C 0.134 H 37.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8482A
RGB	rgb(168, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, 37.64, 36.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 52.57, 44.27°)
OKLab	oklab(52.25% 0.1061 0.0821)
OKLCH	oklch(52.25% 0.134 37.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8856, 13.1292, 3.7297)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8482A #2A8AA8

analogous

#A82A4B #A8482A #A8872A

triadic

#A8482A #2AA848 #482AA8

tetradic

#A8482A #4BA82A #2A8AA8 #872AA8

square

#A8482A #4BA82A #2A8AA8 #872AA8

split-complementary

#A8482A #2AA887 #2A4BA8

monochromatic

#461E12 #77331E #A8482A #CF6240 #DB8A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A8482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A8482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8482A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8482A	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#625826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.2% 0.134 37.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e65',
    500: '#a8482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8482a;
$custom-light: #c97e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.286,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52246,
    "c": 0.13412,
    "h": 37.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8482A

secondary

#6BAEC3

accent

#BDE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8482A

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

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