#A8342B#A8342B

#A8342B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.153 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8342B
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 43)
HSL	hsl(4, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.51, 46.88, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.51, 56.95, 34.61°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.135 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.153 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8145, 10.9579, 3.4621)
Luminance	0.1095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8342B #2B9FA8

analogous

#A82B61 #A8342B #A8732B

triadic

#A8342B #2BA834 #342BA8

tetradic

#A8342B #61A82B #2B9FA8 #732BA8

square

#A8342B #61A82B #2B9FA8 #732BA8

split-complementary

#A8342B #2BA873 #2B61A8

monochromatic

#471612 #77251F #A8342B #CF4C42 #DB7A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#A8342B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A8342B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8342B

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8342B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8342B	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)

#554D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8342b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.153 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7365',
    500: '#a8342b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8342b;
$custom-light: #ca7365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8342b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.32,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49651,
    "c": 0.15342,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8342B

secondary

#6CBCC2

accent

#D7E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8342B

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

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