#A43442#A43442

#A43442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.147 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43442
RGB	rgb(164, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.3%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.15, 46.87, 17.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.15, 50.11, 20.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1402 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.147 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5229, 10.7442, 6.3043)
Luminance	0.1074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43442 #34A496

analogous

#A4347A #A43442 #A45E34

triadic

#A43442 #42A434 #3442A4

tetradic

#A43442 #7AA434 #34A496 #5E34A4

square

#A43442 #7AA434 #34A496 #5E34A4

split-complementary

#A43442 #34A45E #347AA4

monochromatic

#47171D #76252F #A43442 #C74E5D #D67D88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#A43442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A43442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43442

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43442	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.147 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57376',
    500: '#a43442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43442;
$custom-light: #c57376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 51.852,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49363,
    "c": 0.14672,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43442

secondary

#75BFB5

accent

#DBC94C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43442

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

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