#A84142#A84142

#A84142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.136 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84142
RGB	rgb(168, 65, 66)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.3%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, 42.47, 21.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 47.64, 26.94°)
OKLab	oklab(51.64% 0.1257 0.0523)
OKLCH	oklch(51.64% 0.136 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0239, 12.5012, 6.5644)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84142 #41A8A7

analogous

#A84176 #A84142 #A87341

triadic

#A84142 #42A841 #4142A8

tetradic

#A84142 #76A841 #41A8A7 #7341A8

square

#A84142 #76A841 #41A8A7 #7341A8

split-complementary

#A84142 #41A873 #4176A8

monochromatic

#501F1F #7C3031 #A84142 #C36364 #D49090

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#A84142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#A84142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84142

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84142	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5541

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756B3F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 65, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.136 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87a76',
    500: '#a84142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84142;
$custom-light: #c87a76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 65,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51636,
    "c": 0.13617,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84142

secondary

#86BFBE

accent

#D4D354

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84142

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

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