#A03540#A03540

#A03540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.141 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A03540
RGB	rgb(160, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 60%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 44.96, 18.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 48.43, 21.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1342 0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.141 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6973, 10.3922, 5.9761)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A03540 #35A095

analogous

#A03576 #A03540 #A06035

triadic

#A03540 #40A035 #3540A0

tetradic

#A03540 #76A035 #35A095 #6035A0

square

#A03540 #76A035 #35A095 #6035A0

split-complementary

#A03540 #35A060 #3576A0

monochromatic

#44171B #72262E #A03540 #C44E5A #D47C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A03540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A03540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A03540

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A03540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A03540	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF1E3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a03540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.141 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27374',
    500: '#a03540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a03540;
$custom-light: #c27374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a03540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4876,
    "c": 0.14124,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A03540

secondary

#74BCB5

accent

#DACB4E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A03540

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

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