#A8342C#A8342C

#A8342C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.153 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8342C
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 44)
HSL	hsl(4, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 46.92, 31.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 56.67, 34.11°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1354 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.153 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.8330, 10.9653, 3.5599)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8342C #2CA0A8

analogous

#A82C62 #A8342C #A8722C

triadic

#A8342C #2CA834 #342CA8

tetradic

#A8342C #62A82C #2CA0A8 #722CA8

square

#A8342C #62A82C #2CA0A8 #722CA8

split-complementary

#A8342C #2CA872 #2C62A8

monochromatic

#471613 #78251F #A8342C #CE4C43 #DB7A74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#A8342C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A8342C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8342C

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8342C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8342C	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)

#554D2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B91033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8342c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.153 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca7365',
    500: '#a8342c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8342c;
$custom-light: #ca7365;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8342c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.871,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49664,
    "c": 0.15325,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.10963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8342C

secondary

#6EBDC2

accent

#D8E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8342C

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

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