#A43042#A43042

#A43042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.151 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43042
RGB	rgb(164, 48, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.7%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.55, 48.49, 16.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.55, 51.36, 19.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% 0.1453 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.151 16)
XYZ	xyz(17.3518, 10.4022, 6.2473)
Luminance	0.1040 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43042 #30A492

analogous

#A4307C #A43042 #A45830

triadic

#A43042 #42A430 #3042A4

tetradic

#A43042 #7CA430 #30A492 #5830A4

square

#A43042 #7CA430 #30A492 #5830A4

split-complementary

#A43042 #30A458 #307CA4

monochromatic

#45141C #75222F #A43042 #C9485C #D77786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A43042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A43042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43042

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43042	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 48, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.151 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57176',
    500: '#a43042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43042;
$custom-light: #c57176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.69,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48922,
    "c": 0.15116,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43042

secondary

#70BFB3

accent

#DEC74A

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43042

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

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