#A43522#A43522

#A43522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.150 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43522
RGB	rgb(164, 53, 34)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.82, 44.70, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.82, 57.70, 39.21°)
OKLab	oklab(48.97% 0.1268 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(48.97% 0.15 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8736, 10.5567, 2.6622)
Luminance	0.1055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43522 #2291A4

analogous

#A42250 #A43522 #A47622

triadic

#A43522 #22A435 #3522A4

tetradic

#A43522 #50A422 #2291A4 #7622A4

square

#A43522 #50A422 #2291A4 #7622A4

split-complementary

#A43522 #22A476 #2250A4

monochromatic

#3F140D #712517 #A43522 #D4472F #DE7462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A43522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A43522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43522

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43522	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51331

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 53, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.150 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7725e',
    500: '#a43522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43522;
$custom-light: #c7725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.769,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48968,
    "c": 0.1498,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43522

secondary

#5EB5C4

accent

#D0E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43522

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

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