#A04243#A04243

#A04243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.125 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A04243
RGB	rgb(160, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.8%, 58.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.86, 39.14, 19.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.86, 43.61, 26.15°)
OKLab	oklab(50.52% 0.1163 0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(50.52% 0.125 22)
XYZ	xyz(17.4600, 11.7774, 6.6629)
Luminance	0.1177 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A04243 #42A09F

analogous

#A04272 #A04243 #A07042

triadic

#A04243 #43A042 #4243A0

tetradic

#A04243 #72A042 #42A09F #7042A0

square

#A04243 #72A042 #42A09F #7042A0

split-complementary

#A04243 #42A070 #4272A0

monochromatic

#491E1F #753031 #A04243 #BE6162 #D08D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#A04243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.36

#A04243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A04243

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A04243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A04243	1.00	6.26	3.36	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AF3243

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a04243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.125 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c17a77',
    500: '#a04243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a04243;
$custom-light: #c17a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a04243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.362,
    "s": 41.593,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50522,
    "c": 0.12549,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.11775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A04243

secondary

#83BBBA

accent

#D1D056

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A04243

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

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