#A34940#A34940

#A34940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 52.0% C 0.121 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A34940
RGB	rgb(163, 73, 64)
HSL	hsl(5, 44%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 61%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 55.2%, 60.7%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.65, 36.52, 23.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.65, 43.41, 32.72°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% 0.1073 0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.121 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.4138, 12.9240, 6.3744)
Luminance	0.1292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A34940 #409AA3

analogous

#A34068 #A34940 #A37B40

triadic

#A34940 #40A349 #4940A3

tetradic

#A34940 #68A340 #409AA3 #7B40A3

square

#A34940 #68A340 #409AA3 #7B40A3

split-complementary

#A34940 #40A37B #4068A3

monochromatic

#4B221D #77352F #A34940 #C06960 #D2928C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.86

#A34940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#A34940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A34940

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A34940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A34940	1.00	5.86	3.58	5.86
#FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F593F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23947

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a34940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 73, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.0% 0.121 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37e75',
    500: '#a34940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a34940;
$custom-light: #c37e75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a34940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 73,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 43.612,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51952,
    "c": 0.12126,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A34940

secondary

#82B7BD

accent

#C8D354

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A34940

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →