#A43038#A43038

#A43038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.151 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43038
RGB	rgb(164, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.37, 47.83, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.37, 53.05, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.72% 0.1413 0.0545)
OKLCH	oklch(48.72% 0.151 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0824, 10.2944, 4.8281)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43038 #30A49C

analogous

#A43072 #A43038 #A46230

triadic

#A43038 #38A430 #3038A4

tetradic

#A43038 #72A430 #30A49C #6230A4

square

#A43038 #72A430 #30A49C #6230A4

split-complementary

#A43038 #30A462 #3072A4

monochromatic

#451418 #752228 #A43038 #C94851 #D7777E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A43038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A43038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43038

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43038	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40E34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.151 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6706e',
    500: '#a43038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43038;
$custom-light: #c6706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.862,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4872,
    "c": 0.15144,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10292
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43038

secondary

#70BFBA

accent

#DED44A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43038

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

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