#A94228#A94228

#A94228 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.142 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94228
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 40)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(12, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 76.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.98, 40.87, 36.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.98, 54.98, 41.99°)
OKLab	oklab(51.53% 0.1156 0.0817)
OKLCH	oklch(51.53% 0.142 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.6954, 12.4872, 3.4329)
Luminance	0.1249 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94228 #288FA9

analogous

#A9284E #A94228 #A98228

triadic

#A94228 #28A942 #4228A9

tetradic

#A94228 #4EA928 #288FA9 #8228A9

square

#A94228 #4EA928 #288FA9 #8228A9

split-complementary

#A94228 #28A982 #284EA9

monochromatic

#461B11 #782F1C #A94228 #D15B3D #DD856F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A94228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A94228 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94228

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94228	1.00	6.01	3.50	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F5525

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#786C25

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA2A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.142 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7a63',
    500: '#a94228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94228;
$custom-light: #ca7a63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.093,
    "s": 61.722,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51532,
    "c": 0.14153,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12485
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94228

secondary

#69B1C4

accent

#C4E543

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94228

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

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