#A9482E#A9482E

#A9482E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 52.5% C 0.134 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9482E
RGB	rgb(169, 72, 46)
HSL	hsl(13, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(13, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.4%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.17, 38.22, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.17, 51.68, 42.30°)
OKLab	oklab(52.45% 0.1085 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(52.45% 0.134 36)
XYZ	xyz(19.1746, 13.2695, 4.1358)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9482E #2E8FA9

analogous

#A92E52 #A9482E #A9862E

triadic

#A9482E #2EA948 #482EA9

tetradic

#A9482E #52A92E #2E8FA9 #862EA9

square

#A9482E #52A92E #2E8FA9 #862EA9

split-complementary

#A9482E #2EA986 #2E52A9

monochromatic

#491F14 #793421 #A9482E #CD6347 #DA8C77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#A9482E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#A9482E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9482E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9482E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9482E	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)

#62592B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A6E2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA3342

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9482e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 72, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.5% 0.134 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97e68',
    500: '#a9482e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9482e;
$custom-light: #c97e68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9482e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.683,
    "s": 57.209,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52451,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.13267
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9482E

secondary

#71B1C2

accent

#C0E047

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEEEB

border

#D3C9C6

text

#140A06

muted

#837C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9482E

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

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