#A8342A#A8342A

#A8342A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.154 H 28.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8342A
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 42)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.50, 46.83, 32.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.50, 57.24, 35.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1347 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.154 28.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.7963, 10.9506, 3.3666)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8342A #2A9EA8

analogous

#A82A5F #A8342A #A8732A

triadic

#A8342A #2AA834 #342AA8

tetradic

#A8342A #5FA82A #2A9EA8 #732AA8

square

#A8342A #5FA82A #2A9EA8 #732AA8

split-complementary

#A8342A #2AA873 #2A5FA8

monochromatic

#461612 #77251E #A8342A #CF4B40 #DB7971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#A8342A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A8342A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8342A

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8342A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8342A	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726626

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8342a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.154 28.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7264',
    500: '#a8342a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8342a;
$custom-light: #ca7264;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8342a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.762,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49638,
    "c": 0.15359,
    "h": 28.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8342A

secondary

#6BBCC3

accent

#D7E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8342A

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

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