#A8343E#A8343E

#A8343E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.151 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8343E
RGB	rgb(168, 52, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 47.92, 21.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 52.40, 23.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.1423 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.151 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.2478, 11.1312, 5.7442)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8343E #34A89E

analogous

#A83478 #A8343E #A86434

triadic

#A8343E #3EA834 #343EA8

tetradic

#A8343E #78A834 #34A89E #6434A8

square

#A8343E #78A834 #34A89E #6434A8

split-complementary

#A8343E #34A864 #3478A8

monochromatic

#4B171C #79262D #A8343E #C9505B #D77F87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A8343E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A8343E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8343E

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8343E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8343E	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534E3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8343e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 52, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.151 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87373',
    500: '#a8343e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8343e;
$custom-light: #c87373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8343e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.828,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49962,
    "c": 0.15115,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8343E

secondary

#77C0BA

accent

#DCD04C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8343E

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

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