#A84343#A84343

#A84343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.134 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84343
RGB	rgb(168, 67, 67)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.1%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.38, 41.59, 21.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.38, 46.80, 27.29°)
OKLab	oklab(51.93% 0.1231 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(51.93% 0.134 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.1704, 12.7468, 6.7600)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84343 #43A8A8

analogous

#A84375 #A84343 #A87543

triadic

#A84343 #43A843 #4343A8

tetradic

#A84343 #75A843 #43A8A8 #7543A8

square

#A84343 #75A843 #43A8A8 #7543A8

split-complementary

#A84343 #43A875 #4375A8

monochromatic

#502020 #7C3232 #A84343 #C26666 #D39292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#A84343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#A84343 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84343

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84343	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B83044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 67, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.134 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77b77',
    500: '#a84343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84343;
$custom-light: #c77b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51925,
    "c": 0.1337,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84343

secondary

#88BFBF

accent

#D3D355

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84343

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

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