#A34848#A34848

#A34848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.121 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A34848
RGB	rgb(163, 72, 72)
HSL	hsl(0, 39%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 56%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.8%, 55.8%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.60, 37.67, 18.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.60, 41.99, 26.21°)
OKLab	oklab(51.96% 0.1122 0.0458)
OKLCH	oklch(51.96% 0.121 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5928, 12.8913, 7.6388)
Luminance	0.1289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A34848 #48A3A3

analogous

#A34875 #A34848 #A37548

triadic

#A34848 #48A348 #4848A3

tetradic

#A34848 #75A348 #48A3A3 #7548A3

square

#A34848 #75A348 #48A3A3 #7548A3

split-complementary

#A34848 #48A375 #4875A3

monochromatic

#4E2222 #793535 #A34848 #BD6B6B #D09595

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#A34848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A34848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A34848

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A34848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A34848	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E5947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746C46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23949

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a34848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 72, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.121 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37e7b',
    500: '#a34848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a34848;
$custom-light: #c37e7b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a34848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 38.723,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51962,
    "c": 0.12113,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A34848

secondary

#8BBCBC

accent

#CFCF59

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130A09

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A34848

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

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