#A04043#A04043

#A04043 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.128 H 21.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04043
RGB	rgb(160, 64, 67)
HSL	hsl(358, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 60%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 58.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 40.12, 18.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 44.28, 25.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1194 0.046)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.128 21)
XYZ	xyz(17.3452, 11.5478, 6.6247)
Luminance	0.1155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04043 #40A09D

analogous

#A04073 #A04043 #A06D40

triadic

#A04043 #43A040 #4043A0

tetradic

#A04043 #73A040 #40A09D #6D40A0

square

#A04043 #73A040 #40A09D #6D40A0

split-complementary

#A04043 #40A06D #4073A0

monochromatic

#491D1E #742F31 #A04043 #BF5E61 #D08A8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A04043 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A04043 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04043

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04043	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04043	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575342

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6741

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF2F42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04043;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 64, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.128 21.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17977',
    500: '#a04043',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04043;
$custom-light: #c17977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04043",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.125,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50242,
    "c": 0.12794,
    "h": 21
  },
  "luminance": 0.11546
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04043

secondary

#81BBB9

accent

#D3CF55

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04043

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

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