#A43438#A43438

#A43438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.147 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A43438
RGBrgb(164, 52, 56)
HSLhsl(358, 52%, 42%)
HSVhsv(358, 68%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 68.3%, 65.9%, 35.7%)
CIE-LABlab(38.96, 46.20, 23.69)
CIE-LCHlch(38.96, 51.92, 27.15°)
OKLaboklab(49.17% 0.1361 0.0562)
OKLCHoklch(49.17% 0.147 22.4)
XYZxyz(17.2534, 10.6365, 4.8851)
Luminance0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A43438 #34A4A0
analogous
#A43470 #A43438 #A46834
triadic
#A43438 #38A434 #3438A4
tetradic
#A43438 #70A434 #34A4A0 #6834A4
square
#A43438 #70A434 #34A4A0 #6834A4
split-complementary
#A43438 #34A468 #3470A4
monochromatic
#471718 #762528 #A43438 #C74E53 #D67D80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72
#A43438 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13
#A43438 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43438
6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A43438#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A434381.006.723.136.72
#FFFFFF6.721.0021.001.00
#0000003.1321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.721.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#524D37
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6E6535
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B41736
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a43438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.147 22.4);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6726e',
    500: '#a43438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a43438;
$custom-light: #c6726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a43438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.857,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49165,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10634
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A43438
secondary
#75BFBC
accent
#DBD64C
background
#FDF7F6
surface
#FAEDEC
border
#D3C8C7
text
#140807
muted
#837B7A

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#A43438 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva