#A8482B#A8482B

#A8482B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.134 H 37.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8482B
RGB	rgb(168, 72, 43)
HSL	hsl(14, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, 37.69, 36.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 52.23, 43.82°)
OKLab	oklab(52.26% 0.1064 0.0811)
OKLCH	oklch(52.26% 0.134 37.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.9038, 13.1365, 3.8252)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8482B #2B8BA8

analogous

#A82B4D #A8482B #A8872B

triadic

#A8482B #2BA848 #482BA8

tetradic

#A8482B #4DA82B #2B8BA8 #872BA8

square

#A8482B #4DA82B #2B8BA8 #872BA8

split-complementary

#A8482B #2BA887 #2B4DA8

monochromatic

#471E12 #77331F #A8482B #CF6242 #DB8B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#A8482B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A8482B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8482B

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8482B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8482B	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)

#625828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6D28

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8482b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 72, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.134 37.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e66',
    500: '#a8482b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8482b;
$custom-light: #c97e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8482b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.92,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52258,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 37.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8482B

secondary

#6CAEC2

accent

#BEE245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8482B

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

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