#A43440#A43440

#A43440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.147 H 18.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43440
RGB	rgb(164, 52, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(354, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 61%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 46.73, 18.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 50.41, 22.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% 0.1393 0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.147 18.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4649, 10.7211, 5.9992)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43440 #34A498

analogous

#A43478 #A43440 #A46034

triadic

#A43440 #40A434 #3440A4

tetradic

#A43440 #78A434 #34A498 #6034A4

square

#A43440 #78A434 #34A498 #6034A4

split-complementary

#A43440 #34A460 #3478A4

monochromatic

#47171C #76252E #A43440 #C74E5B #D67D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A43440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A43440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43440

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43440	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 52, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.147 18.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57274',
    500: '#a43440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43440;
$custom-light: #c57274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.571,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4932,
    "c": 0.14676,
    "h": 18.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43440

secondary

#75BFB7

accent

#DBCC4C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43440

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

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