#A8343D#A8343D

#A8343D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.151 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8343D
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 61)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, 47.86, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 52.59, 24.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1419 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.151 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.2206, 11.1203, 5.6010)
Luminance	0.1112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8343D #34A89F

analogous

#A83477 #A8343D #A86534

triadic

#A8343D #3DA834 #343DA8

tetradic

#A8343D #77A834 #34A89F #6534A8

square

#A8343D #77A834 #34A89F #6534A8

split-complementary

#A8343D #34A865 #3477A8

monochromatic

#4B171B #79262C #A8343D #C9505A #D77F86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A8343D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A8343D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8343D

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8343D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8343D	1.00	6.51	3.22	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81638

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8343d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.151 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87372',
    500: '#a8343d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8343d;
$custom-light: #c87372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8343d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.345,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49943,
    "c": 0.15121,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8343D

secondary

#77C0BB

accent

#DCD14C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8343D

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

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