#A8482D#A8482D

#A8482D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.133 H 36.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8482D
RGBrgb(168, 72, 45)
HSLhsl(13, 58%, 42%)
HSVhsv(13, 73%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 57.1%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(42.99, 37.78, 35.09)
CIE-LCHlch(42.99, 51.57, 42.89°)
OKLaboklab(52.28% 0.1071 0.0793)
OKLCHoklch(52.28% 0.133 36.5)
XYZxyz(18.9414, 13.1515, 4.0232)
Luminance0.1315 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8482D #2D8DA8
analogous
#A82D50 #A8482D #A8862D
triadic
#A8482D #2DA848 #482DA8
tetradic
#A8482D #50A82D #2D8DA8 #862DA8
square
#A8482D #50A82D #2D8DA8 #862DA8
split-complementary
#A8482D #2DA886 #2D50A8
monochromatic
#471F13 #783320 #A8482D #CD6345 #DA8B75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79
#A8482D on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63
#A8482D on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8482D
5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8482D#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A8482D1.005.793.635.79
#FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00
#0000003.6321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.791.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#62582A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7A6E2A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B83342
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8482d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 72, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.133 36.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e67',
    500: '#a8482d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8482d;
$custom-light: #c97e67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8482d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.171,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52282,
    "c": 0.13324,
    "h": 36.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8482D
secondary
#6FB0C2
accent
#BFE147
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEEEB
border
#D3C9C6
text
#140A06
muted
#837C7A

Preview Lab

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#A8482D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva