#A9482C#A9482C

#A9482C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.4% C 0.135 H 36.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9482C
RGB	rgb(169, 72, 44)
HSL	hsl(13, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, 38.12, 35.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 52.34, 43.25°)
OKLab	oklab(52.43% 0.1079 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(52.43% 0.135 36.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.1361, 13.2541, 3.9330)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9482C #2C8DA9

analogous

#A92C4F #A9482C #A9872C

triadic

#A9482C #2CA948 #482CA9

tetradic

#A9482C #4FA92C #2C8DA9 #872CA9

square

#A9482C #4FA92C #2C8DA9 #872CA9

split-complementary

#A9482C #2CA987 #2C4FA9

monochromatic

#481F13 #78331F #A9482C #CE6344 #DB8B74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#A9482C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A9482C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9482C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9482C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9482C	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#635929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E29

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9482c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 72, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.4% 0.135 36.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e66',
    500: '#a9482c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9482c;
$custom-light: #c97e66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9482c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.44,
    "s": 58.685,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52427,
    "c": 0.13466,
    "h": 36.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9482C

secondary

#6EB0C3

accent

#BFE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9482C

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

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