#A8343A#A8343A

#A8343A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.151 H 21.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8343A
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 58)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 47.67, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 53.18, 26.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.89% 0.1407 0.056)
OKLCH	oklch(49.89% 0.151 21.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1420, 11.0889, 5.1872)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8343A #34A8A2

analogous

#A83474 #A8343A #A86834

triadic

#A8343A #3AA834 #343AA8

tetradic

#A8343A #74A834 #34A8A2 #6834A8

square

#A8343A #74A834 #34A8A2 #6834A8

split-complementary

#A8343A #34A868 #3474A8

monochromatic

#4B171A #79262A #A8343A #C95057 #D77F84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A8343A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A8343A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8343A

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8343A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8343A	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E39

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81537

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8343a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.151 21.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97370',
    500: '#a8343a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8343a;
$custom-light: #c97370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8343a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.897,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49887,
    "c": 0.15142,
    "h": 21.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8343A

secondary

#77C0BD

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8343A

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

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