#A43245#A43245

#A43245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.149 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43245
RGB	rgb(164, 50, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.5%, 57.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.91, 47.92, 15.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.91, 50.36, 17.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.21% 0.144 0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(49.21% 0.149 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5263, 10.6058, 6.7533)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43245 #32A491

analogous

#A4327E #A43245 #A45832

triadic

#A43245 #45A432 #3245A4

tetradic

#A43245 #7EA432 #32A491 #5832A4

square

#A43245 #7EA432 #32A491 #5832A4

split-complementary

#A43245 #32A458 #327EA4

monochromatic

#46151E #752431 #A43245 #C84B60 #D67A89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#A43245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A43245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43245

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43245	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3183A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 50, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.149 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57278',
    500: '#a43245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43245;
$custom-light: #c57278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 53.271,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49206,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10603
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43245

secondary

#73BFB2

accent

#DDC44B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43245

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

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