#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
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 67)
HSL	hsl(345, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(345, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 53.14, 14.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 54.98, 14.87°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.1604 0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.164 12.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9257, 9.5023, 6.2520)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##A42343	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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