#A34545#A34545

#A34545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.5% C 0.125 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A34545
RGB	rgb(163, 69, 69)
HSL	hsl(0, 41%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(0, 58%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 57.7%, 57.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.96, 38.93, 19.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.96, 43.56, 26.65°)
OKLab	oklab(51.46% 0.1157 0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(51.46% 0.125 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3081, 12.4747, 7.0728)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A34545 #45A3A3

analogous

#A34574 #A34545 #A37445

triadic

#A34545 #45A345 #4545A3

tetradic

#A34545 #74A345 #45A3A3 #7445A3

square

#A34545 #74A345 #45A3A3 #7445A3

split-complementary

#A34545 #45A374 #4574A3

monochromatic

#4D2121 #783333 #A34545 #BF6767 #D19292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#A34545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#A34545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A34545

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A34545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A34545	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5744

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A43

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23546

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a34545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 69, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.5% 0.125 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37c78',
    500: '#a34545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a34545;
$custom-light: #c37c78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a34545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 69,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 40.517,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51461,
    "c": 0.12517,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12472
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A34545

secondary

#87BCBC

accent

#D0D057

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A34545

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

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