#A03538#A03538

#A03538 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.142 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A03538
RGB	rgb(160, 53, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.39, 44.41, 22.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.39, 49.93, 27.20°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% 0.1309 0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.142 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4858, 10.3076, 4.8621)
Luminance	0.1031 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A03538 #35A09D

analogous

#A0356E #A03538 #A06835

triadic

#A03538 #38A035 #3538A0

tetradic

#A03538 #6EA035 #35A09D #6835A0

square

#A03538 #6EA035 #35A09D #6835A0

split-complementary

#A03538 #35A068 #356EA0

monochromatic

#441718 #722628 #A03538 #C44E51 #D47C7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A03538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A03538 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A03538

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A03538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A03538	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B01C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a03538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 53, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.142 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3726e',
    500: '#a03538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a03538;
$custom-light: #c3726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a03538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.318,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.486,
    "c": 0.14176,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A03538

secondary

#74BCBA

accent

#DAD64E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A03538

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

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