#A8513B#A8513B

#A8513B is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.145; OKLCH L 53.9% C 0.120 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8513B
RGB	rgb(168, 81, 59)
HSL	hsl(12, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(12, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 51.8%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.98, 33.96, 29.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.98, 44.97, 40.96°)
OKLab	oklab(53.85% 0.0979 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(53.85% 0.12 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.8820, 14.5278, 5.8940)
Luminance	0.1452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8513B #3B92A8

analogous

#A83B5C #A8513B #A8883B

triadic

#A8513B #3BA851 #513BA8

tetradic

#A8513B #5CA83B #3B92A8 #883BA8

square

#A8513B #5CA83B #3B92A8 #883BA8

split-complementary

#A8513B #3BA888 #3B5CA8

monochromatic

#4D251B #7B3B2B #A8513B #C5705B #D59888

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.38

#A8513B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.90

#A8513B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8513B

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8513B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8513B	1.00	5.38	3.90	5.38
#FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#685F39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D7239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8414C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6A6A6A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8513b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 81, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.9% 0.120 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c78471',
    500: '#a8513b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8513b;
$custom-light: #c78471;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8513b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 81,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.11,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53853,
    "c": 0.11999,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.14525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8513B

secondary

#7FB3C0

accent

#BCD850

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140B08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8513B

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

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