#A63242#A63242

#A63242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.151 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A63242
RGB	rgb(166, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.9%, 60.2%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.21, 48.35, 17.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.21, 51.54, 20.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1446 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.151 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8516, 10.7840, 6.2947)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A63242 #32A696

analogous

#A6327C #A63242 #A65C32

triadic

#A63242 #42A632 #3242A6

tetradic

#A63242 #7CA632 #32A696 #5C32A6

square

#A63242 #7CA632 #32A696 #5C32A6

split-complementary

#A63242 #32A65C #327CA6

monochromatic

#48161D #77242F #A63242 #C94C5D #D77B88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A63242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A63242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A63242

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A63242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A63242	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B61639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a63242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.151 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77276',
    500: '#a63242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a63242;
$custom-light: #c77276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a63242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.724,
    "s": 53.704,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49482,
    "c": 0.15109,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A63242

secondary

#74C0B5

accent

#DDC94B

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A63242

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

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