#A14243#A14243

#A14243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.127 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A14243
RGB	rgb(161, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59%, 58.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.03, 39.51, 19.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.03, 44.05, 26.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% 0.1174 0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.127 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6608, 11.8809, 6.6723)
Luminance	0.1188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A14243 #42A1A0

analogous

#A14273 #A14243 #A17042

triadic

#A14243 #43A142 #4243A1

tetradic

#A14243 #73A142 #42A1A0 #7042A1

square

#A14243 #73A142 #42A1A0 #7042A1

split-complementary

#A14243 #42A170 #4273A1

monochromatic

#4A1E1F #763031 #A14243 #BF6263 #D08D8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#A14243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.38

#A14243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A14243

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A14243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A14243	1.00	6.22	3.38	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.38	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595442

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716841

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B03143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a14243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(161, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.127 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27a77',
    500: '#a14243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a14243;
$custom-light: #c27a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a14243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 161,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.368,
    "s": 41.85,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5068,
    "c": 0.12667,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A14243

secondary

#83BBBB

accent

#D2D056

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EEED

border

#D1C9C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A14243

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

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