#A43535#A43535

#A43535 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.147 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43535
RGB	rgb(164, 53, 53)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.07, 45.60, 25.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.07, 52.33, 29.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% 0.1336 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.147 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2273, 10.6982, 4.5253)
Luminance	0.1070 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43535 #35A4A4

analogous

#A4356C #A43535 #A46C35

triadic

#A43535 #35A435 #3535A4

tetradic

#A43535 #6CA435 #35A4A4 #6C35A4

square

#A43535 #6CA435 #35A4A4 #6C35A4

split-complementary

#A43535 #35A46C #356CA4

monochromatic

#471717 #762626 #A43535 #C65050 #D57E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A43535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A43535 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43535

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43535	1.00	6.69	3.14	6.69
#FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 53, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.147 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6736c',
    500: '#a43535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43535;
$custom-light: #c6736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49229,
    "c": 0.14654,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43535

secondary

#76BEBE

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43535

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

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