#A8343C#A8343C

#A8343C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.151 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8343C
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 60)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 47.80, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 52.78, 25.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1415 0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.151 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.1939, 11.1096, 5.4604)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8343C #34A8A0

analogous

#A83476 #A8343C #A86634

triadic

#A8343C #3CA834 #343CA8

tetradic

#A8343C #76A834 #34A8A0 #6634A8

square

#A8343C #76A834 #34A8A0 #6634A8

split-complementary

#A8343C #34A866 #3476A8

monochromatic

#4B171B #79262B #A8343C #C95059 #D77F85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A8343C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A8343C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8343C

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8343C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8343C	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706739

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8343c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.151 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c97371',
    500: '#a8343c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8343c;
$custom-light: #c97371;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8343c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49924,
    "c": 0.15127,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11107
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8343C

secondary

#77C0BB

accent

#DCD24C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8343C

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

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