#A84342#A84342

#A84342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.134 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A84342
RGBrgb(168, 67, 66)
HSLhsl(1, 44%, 46%)
HSVhsv(1, 61%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 60.1%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(42.36, 41.52, 22.04)
CIE-LCHlch(42.36, 47.01, 27.97°)
OKLaboklab(51.91% 0.1227 0.0533)
OKLCHoklch(51.91% 0.134 23.5)
XYZxyz(19.1407, 12.7349, 6.6034)
Luminance0.1273 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A84342 #42A7A8
analogous
#A84274 #A84342 #A87642
triadic
#A84342 #42A843 #4342A8
tetradic
#A84342 #74A842 #42A7A8 #7642A8
square
#A84342 #74A842 #42A7A8 #7642A8
split-complementary
#A84342 #42A876 #4274A8
monochromatic
#50201F #7C3131 #A84342 #C26665 #D49191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92
#A84342 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55
#A84342 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84342
5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A84342#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A843421.005.923.555.92
#FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.5521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C5741
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#766C40
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B83044
Achromatopsia (no color)
#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a84342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.134 23.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77b76',
    500: '#a84342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a84342;
$custom-light: #c77b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a84342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.588,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51906,
    "c": 0.13383,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A84342
secondary
#87BEBF
accent
#D2D354
background
#FDF7F7
surface
#FAEEED
border
#D3C9C8
text
#140A08
muted
#837C7B

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#A84342 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva