#A4243C#A4243C

#A4243C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.163 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4243C
RGB	rgb(164, 36, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 63.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, 52.36, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 55.55, 19.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.1566 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.163 16)
XYZ	xyz(16.7581, 9.4830, 5.2221)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4243C #24A48C

analogous

#A4247C #A4243C #A44C24

triadic

#A4243C #3CA424 #243CA4

tetradic

#A4243C #7CA424 #24A48C #4C24A4

square

#A4243C #7CA424 #24A48C #4C24A4

split-complementary

#A4243C #24A44C #247CA4

monochromatic

#400E17 #72192A #A4243C #D23351 #DD657C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A4243C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A4243C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4243C

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4243C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4243C	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696038

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4243c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 36, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.163 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b71',
    500: '#a4243c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4243c;
$custom-light: #c66b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4243c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47653,
    "c": 0.1629,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.09481
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4243C

secondary

#61C3B0

accent

#E7C841

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4243C

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

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