#A03E42#A03E42

#A03E42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.130 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A03E42
RGB	rgb(160, 62, 66)
HSL	hsl(358, 44%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 61%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.2%, 58.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 41.01, 18.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 45.13, 24.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.122 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.13 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2047, 11.3144, 6.4311)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A03E42 #3EA09C

analogous

#A03E73 #A03E42 #A06B3E

triadic

#A03E42 #42A03E #3E42A0

tetradic

#A03E42 #73A03E #3EA09C #6B3EA0

square

#A03E42 #73A03E #3EA09C #6B3EA0

split-complementary

#A03E42 #3EA06B #3E73A0

monochromatic

#481C1E #742D30 #A03E42 #C05C60 #D1888B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A03E42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A03E42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A03E42

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A03E42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A03E42	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565241

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2C40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a03e42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 62, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.130 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17876',
    500: '#a03e42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a03e42;
$custom-light: #c17876;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a03e42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.551,
    "s": 44.144,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49947,
    "c": 0.13045,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A03E42

secondary

#7FBBB9

accent

#D4CF54

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDED

border

#D1C8C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A03E42

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

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