#A43242#A43242

#A43242 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.149 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43242
RGB	rgb(164, 50, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 47.69, 17.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 50.74, 19.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.14% 0.1428 0.0425)
OKLCH	oklch(49.14% 0.149 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4355, 10.5695, 6.2752)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43242 #32A494

analogous

#A4327B #A43242 #A45B32

triadic

#A43242 #42A432 #3242A4

tetradic

#A43242 #7BA432 #32A494 #5B32A4

square

#A43242 #7BA432 #32A494 #5B32A4

split-complementary

#A43242 #32A45B #327BA4

monochromatic

#46151C #75242F #A43242 #C84B5D #D67A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A43242 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A43242 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43242

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43242	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43242	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43242;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 50, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.149 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57276',
    500: '#a43242',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43242;
$custom-light: #c57276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43242",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.579,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49139,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43242

secondary

#73BFB4

accent

#DDC84B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43242

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

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