#A34243#A34243

#A34243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.121; OKLCH L 51.0% C 0.129 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A34243
RGB	rgb(163, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 42%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.5%, 58.9%, 36.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.36, 40.25, 19.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.36, 44.93, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(51% 0.1195 0.0488)
OKLCH	oklch(51% 0.129 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0672, 12.0905, 6.6914)
Luminance	0.1209 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A34243 #42A3A2

analogous

#A34274 #A34243 #A37142

triadic

#A34243 #43A342 #4243A3

tetradic

#A34243 #74A342 #42A3A2 #7142A3

square

#A34243 #74A342 #42A3A2 #7142A3

split-complementary

#A34243 #42A371 #4274A3

monochromatic

#4C1F1F #773031 #A34243 #C06364 #D18E8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.14

#A34243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.42

#A34243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A34243

6.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A34243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A34243	1.00	6.14	3.42	6.14
#FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726941

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B23143

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a34243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(163, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.0% 0.129 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47a77',
    500: '#a34243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a34243;
$custom-light: #c47a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a34243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 163,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.381,
    "s": 42.358,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50996,
    "c": 0.12904,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A34243

secondary

#84BCBC

accent

#D2D156

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A34243

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

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