#A43527#A43527

#A43527 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.149 H 30.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43527
RGB	rgb(164, 53, 39)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.88, 44.90, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.88, 56.17, 36.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.03% 0.1285 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(49.03% 0.149 30.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9510, 10.5877, 3.0701)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43527 #2796A4

analogous

#A42758 #A43527 #A47427

triadic

#A43527 #27A435 #3527A4

tetradic

#A43527 #58A427 #2796A4 #7427A4

square

#A43527 #58A427 #2796A4 #7427A4

split-complementary

#A43527 #27A474 #2758A4

monochromatic

#41150F #73251B #A43527 #D04938 #DC776A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A43527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A43527 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43527

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43527	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706523

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51433

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 53, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.149 30.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77262',
    500: '#a43527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43527;
$custom-light: #c77262;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.72,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49025,
    "c": 0.14884,
    "h": 30.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10585
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43527

secondary

#65B7C2

accent

#D3E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43527

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

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