#A42343#A42343

#A42343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.164 H 12.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A42343
RGBrgb(164, 35, 67)
HSLhsl(345, 65%, 39%)
HSVhsv(345, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 78.7%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(36.93, 53.14, 14.11)
CIE-LCHlch(36.93, 54.98, 14.87°)
OKLaboklab(47.73% 0.1604 0.035)
OKLCHoklch(47.73% 0.164 12.3)
XYZxyz(16.9257, 9.5023, 6.2520)
Luminance0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A42343 #23A484
analogous
#A42384 #A42343 #A44423
triadic
#A42343 #43A423 #2343A4
tetradic
#A42343 #84A423 #23A484 #4423A4
square
#A42343 #84A423 #23A484 #4423A4
split-complementary
#A42343 #23A444 #2384A4
monochromatic
#3F0D1A #72182E #A42343 #D33159 #DE6482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24
#A42343 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90
#A42343 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42343
7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A42343#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A423431.007.242.907.24
#FFFFFF7.241.0021.001.00
#0000002.9021.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.241.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#474643
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#686040
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B40031
Achromatopsia (no color)
#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a42343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.164 12.3);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b76',
    500: '#a42343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a42343;
$custom-light: #c66b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a42343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.116,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47727,
    "c": 0.1642,
    "h": 12.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A42343
secondary
#60C3AA
accent
#E8BE40
background
#FDF6F7
surface
#FAECED
border
#D3C7C8
text
#140708
muted
#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42343

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#A42343 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva