#A34A42#A34A42

#A34A42 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.120 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A34A42
RGB	rgb(163, 74, 66)
HSL	hsl(5, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(5, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 54.6%, 59.5%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, 36.16, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 42.62, 31.96°)
OKLab	oklab(52.14% 0.1065 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(52.14% 0.12 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5380, 13.0796, 6.7016)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A34A42 #429BA3

analogous

#A3426B #A34A42 #A37A42

triadic

#A34A42 #42A34A #4A42A3

tetradic

#A34A42 #6BA342 #429BA3 #7A42A3

square

#A34A42 #6BA342 #429BA3 #7A42A3

split-complementary

#A34A42 #42A37A #426BA3

monochromatic

#4C221F #773630 #A34A42 #C06A63 #D1948E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#A34A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#A34A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A34A42

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A34A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A34A42	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#605A41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23B48

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a34a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 74, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.120 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37f76',
    500: '#a34a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a34a42;
$custom-light: #c37f76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a34a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.948,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52141,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13077
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A34A42

secondary

#84B8BC

accent

#C8D256

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#130A08

muted

#827C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A34A42

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

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