#A43230#A43230

#A43230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.150 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43230
RGB	rgb(164, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 55%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 70.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 46.58, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 54.38, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.8% 0.1356 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(48.8% 0.15 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9858, 10.3896, 3.9067)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43230 #30A2A4

analogous

#A43068 #A43230 #A46C30

triadic

#A43230 #30A432 #3230A4

tetradic

#A43230 #68A430 #30A2A4 #6C30A4

square

#A43230 #68A430 #30A2A4 #6C30A4

split-complementary

#A43230 #30A46C #3068A4

monochromatic

#451514 #752422 #A43230 #C94A48 #D77977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A43230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A43230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43230

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43230	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)

#524B2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E642C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.150 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67168',
    500: '#a43230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43230;
$custom-light: #c67168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.034,
    "s": 54.717,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48804,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43230

secondary

#70BEBF

accent

#DCDE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43230

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

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