#A94342#A94342

#A94342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.135 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94342
RGB	rgb(169, 67, 66)
HSL	hsl(1, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(1, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.4%, 60.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.53, 41.88, 22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.53, 47.44, 28.03°)
OKLab	oklab(52.07% 0.1238 0.0539)
OKLCH	oklch(52.07% 0.135 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3545, 12.8452, 6.6134)
Luminance	0.1284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94342 #42A8A9

analogous

#A94274 #A94342 #A97642

triadic

#A94342 #42A943 #4342A9

tetradic

#A94342 #74A942 #42A8A9 #7642A9

square

#A94342 #74A942 #42A8A9 #7642A9

split-complementary

#A94342 #42A976 #4274A9

monochromatic

#512020 #7D3231 #A94342 #C36665 #D49291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.88

#A94342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A94342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94342

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94342	1.00	5.88	3.57	5.88
#FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D5741

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766D40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B93044

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 67, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.135 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87b76',
    500: '#a94342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94342;
$custom-light: #c87b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 67,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.583,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52065,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94342

secondary

#87BFC0

accent

#D2D454

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94342

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

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