#A9482A#A9482A

#A9482A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.135 H 37.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9482A
RGB	rgb(169, 72, 42)
HSL	hsl(14, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(14, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.12, 38.03, 36.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.12, 53.00, 44.16°)
OKLab	oklab(52.4% 0.1072 0.0825)
OKLCH	oklch(52.4% 0.135 37.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0994, 13.2394, 3.7398)
Luminance	0.1324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9482A #2A8BA9

analogous

#A92A4C #A9482A #A9882A

triadic

#A9482A #2AA948 #482AA9

tetradic

#A9482A #4CA92A #2A8BA9 #882AA9

square

#A9482A #4CA92A #2A8BA9 #882AA9

split-complementary

#A9482A #2AA988 #2A4CA9

monochromatic

#471E12 #78331E #A9482A #D06241 #DC8B72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.76

#A9482A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A9482A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9482A

5.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9482A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9482A	1.00	5.76	3.65	5.76
#FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E27

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9482a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 72, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.135 37.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e65',
    500: '#a9482a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9482a;
$custom-light: #c97e65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9482a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.173,
    "s": 60.19,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52403,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 37.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9482A

secondary

#6CAEC3

accent

#BEE344

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#150A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9482A

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

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