#A03E38#A03E38

#A03E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.132 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A03E38
RGB	rgb(160, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 48%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 65%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.93, 40.29, 24.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.93, 47.29, 31.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.118 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.132 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9353, 11.2066, 5.0119)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A03E38 #389AA0

analogous

#A03866 #A03E38 #A07238

triadic

#A03E38 #38A03E #3E38A0

tetradic

#A03E38 #66A038 #389AA0 #7238A0

square

#A03E38 #66A038 #389AA0 #7238A0

split-complementary

#A03E38 #38A072 #3866A0

monochromatic

#451B18 #732C28 #A03E38 #C35953 #D38580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A03E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A03E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A03E38

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A03E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A03E38	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a03e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.132 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2776e',
    500: '#a03e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a03e38;
$custom-light: #c2776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a03e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.462,
    "s": 48.148,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49755,
    "c": 0.13175,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11204
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A03E38

secondary

#78B8BC

accent

#D0D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A03E38

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

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