#A24243#A24243

#A24243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.128 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A24243
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 59%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 58.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.19, 39.88, 19.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.19, 44.49, 26.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.84% 0.1184 0.0482)
OKLCH	oklch(50.84% 0.128 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8632, 11.9853, 6.6818)
Luminance	0.1198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A24243 #42A2A1

analogous

#A24273 #A24243 #A27142

triadic

#A24243 #43A242 #4243A2

tetradic

#A24243 #73A242 #42A2A1 #7142A2

square

#A24243 #73A242 #42A2A1 #7142A2

split-complementary

#A24243 #42A271 #4273A2

monochromatic

#4B1F1F #773031 #A24243 #BF6263 #D18E8E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.18

#A24243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#A24243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A24243

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A24243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A24243	1.00	6.18	3.40	6.18
#FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B13143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a24243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.128 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37a77',
    500: '#a24243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a24243;
$custom-light: #c37a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a24243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.375,
    "s": 42.105,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50838,
    "c": 0.12785,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A24243

secondary

#84BCBB

accent

#D2D156

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A24243

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

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