#A43525#A43525

#A43525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.149 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43525
RGB	rgb(164, 53, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.85, 44.82, 34.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.85, 56.77, 37.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49% 0.1278 0.0771)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.149 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9188, 10.5748, 2.9002)
Luminance	0.1057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43525 #2594A4

analogous

#A42555 #A43525 #A47525

triadic

#A43525 #25A435 #3525A4

tetradic

#A43525 #55A425 #2594A4 #7525A4

square

#A43525 #55A425 #2594A4 #7525A4

split-complementary

#A43525 #25A475 #2555A4

monochromatic

#40150E #72251A #A43525 #D14935 #DD7667

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A43525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A43525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43525

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43525	1.00	6.74	3.11	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706521

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 53, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.149 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77260',
    500: '#a43525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43525;
$custom-light: #c77260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.559,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49001,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43525

secondary

#62B6C2

accent

#D1E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43525

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

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