#A8353E#A8353E

#A8353E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.150 H 20.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8353E
RGB	rgb(168, 53, 62)
HSL	hsl(355, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, 47.51, 21.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 52.11, 24.24°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.141 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.15 20.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.2929, 11.2214, 5.7592)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8353E #35A89F

analogous

#A83577 #A8353E #A86535

triadic

#A8353E #3EA835 #353EA8

tetradic

#A8353E #77A835 #35A89F #6535A8

square

#A8353E #77A835 #35A89F #6535A8

split-complementary

#A8353E #35A865 #3577A8

monochromatic

#4B181C #79262D #A8353E #C8525B #D78087

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A8353E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A8353E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8353E

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8353E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8353E	1.00	6.47	3.24	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B81939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8353e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 53, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.150 20.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87373',
    500: '#a8353e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8353e;
$custom-light: #c87373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8353e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.304,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50075,
    "c": 0.15007,
    "h": 20.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8353E

secondary

#78C0BB

accent

#DBD04C

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEC

border

#D3C8C7

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8353E

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

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