#A43243#A43243

#A43243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.149 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43243
RGB	rgb(164, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.87, 47.77, 16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.87, 50.60, 19.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.16% 0.1432 0.0411)
OKLCH	oklch(49.16% 0.149 16)
XYZ	xyz(17.4652, 10.5814, 6.4318)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43243 #32A493

analogous

#A4327C #A43243 #A45A32

triadic

#A43243 #43A432 #3243A4

tetradic

#A43243 #7CA432 #32A493 #5A32A4

square

#A43243 #7CA432 #32A493 #5A32A4

split-complementary

#A43243 #32A45A #327CA4

monochromatic

#46151D #752430 #A43243 #C84B5E #D67A88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A43243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A43243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43243

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43243	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41839

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.149 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57277',
    500: '#a43243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43243;
$custom-light: #c57277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.053,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49161,
    "c": 0.14897,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43243

secondary

#73BFB4

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43243

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

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