#A34E38#A34E38

#A34E38 is a mid, moderate red. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 52.6% C 0.118 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A34E38
RGB	rgb(163, 78, 56)
HSL	hsl(12, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(12, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 52.1%, 65.6%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.54, 33.35, 29.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.54, 44.39, 41.29°)
OKLab	oklab(52.59% 0.096 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(52.59% 0.118 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.5441, 13.5230, 5.3743)
Luminance	0.1352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A34E38 #388DA3

analogous

#A33858 #A34E38 #A38338

triadic

#A34E38 #38A34E #4E38A3

tetradic

#A34E38 #58A338 #388DA3 #8338A3

square

#A34E38 #58A338 #388DA3 #8338A3

split-complementary

#A34E38 #38A383 #3858A3

monochromatic

#482219 #753828 #A34E38 #C46B54 #D49282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#A34E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#A34E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A34E38

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A34E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A34E38	1.00	5.67	3.70	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#645B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#796E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23E49

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a34e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 78, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.6% 0.118 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4816f',
    500: '#a34e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a34e38;
$custom-light: #c4816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a34e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.336,
    "s": 48.858,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52589,
    "c": 0.11807,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A34E38

secondary

#79AFBD

accent

#BCD84F

background

#FCF8F6

surface

#F9EFEC

border

#D2CAC7

text

#140A07

muted

#827C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A34E38

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

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