#A24040#A24040

#A24040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.131 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A24040
RGB	rgb(162, 64, 64)
HSL	hsl(0, 43%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(0, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.5%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.77, 40.62, 21.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.77, 45.73, 27.35°)
OKLab	oklab(50.5% 0.1203 0.051)
OKLCH	oklch(50.5% 0.131 23)
XYZ	xyz(17.6607, 11.7206, 6.1818)
Luminance	0.1172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A24040 #40A2A2

analogous

#A24071 #A24040 #A27140

triadic

#A24040 #40A240 #4040A2

tetradic

#A24040 #71A240 #40A2A2 #7140A2

square

#A24040 #71A240 #40A2A2 #7140A2

split-complementary

#A24040 #40A271 #4071A2

monochromatic

#4A1D1D #762F2F #A24040 #C05F5F #D18B8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.28

#A24040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A24040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A24040

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A24040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A24040	1.00	6.28	3.34	6.28
#FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58533F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71683E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12E41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a24040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 64, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.131 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37974',
    500: '#a24040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a24040;
$custom-light: #c37974;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a24040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 64,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 43.363,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.505,
    "c": 0.1306,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.11718
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A24040

secondary

#82BCBC

accent

#D3D355

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A24040

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

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