#A03542#A03542

#A03542 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.141 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A03542
RGB	rgb(160, 53, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.9%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.58, 45.10, 16.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.58, 48.14, 20.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.135 0.0414)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.141 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7552, 10.4154, 6.2813)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A03542 #35A093

analogous

#A03578 #A03542 #A05E35

triadic

#A03542 #42A035 #3542A0

tetradic

#A03542 #78A035 #35A093 #5E35A0

square

#A03542 #78A035 #35A093 #5E35A0

split-complementary

#A03542 #35A05E #3578A0

monochromatic

#44171C #72262F #A03542 #C44E5C #D47C87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A03542 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A03542 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A03542

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A03542	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A03542	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF1F3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a03542;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 53, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.141 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27376',
    500: '#a03542',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a03542;
$custom-light: #c27376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a03542",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.71,
    "s": 50.235,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48803,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A03542

secondary

#74BCB4

accent

#DAC94E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A03542

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

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