#A8482E#A8482E

#A8482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.3% C 0.133 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8482E
RGB	rgb(168, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.1%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.00, 37.83, 34.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.00, 51.24, 42.41°)
OKLab	oklab(52.3% 0.1075 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(52.3% 0.133 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9608, 13.1593, 4.1258)
Luminance	0.1316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8482E #2E8EA8

analogous

#A82E51 #A8482E #A8852E

triadic

#A8482E #2EA848 #482EA8

tetradic

#A8482E #51A82E #2E8EA8 #852EA8

square

#A8482E #51A82E #2E8EA8 #852EA8

split-complementary

#A8482E #2EA885 #2E51A8

monochromatic

#481F14 #783321 #A8482E #CD6347 #DA8C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.78

#A8482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#A8482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8482E

5.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8482E	1.00	5.78	3.63	5.78
#FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62582B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.3% 0.133 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87e68',
    500: '#a8482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8482e;
$custom-light: #c87e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.787,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52295,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13157
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8482E

secondary

#70B0C2

accent

#C0E048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8482E

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

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