#A43536#A43536

#A43536 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.146 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43536
RGB	rgb(164, 53, 54)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 67.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.08, 45.66, 25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.08, 52.09, 28.77°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% 0.134 0.059)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.146 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2506, 10.7075, 4.6477)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43536 #35A4A3

analogous

#A4356E #A43536 #A46B35

triadic

#A43536 #36A435 #3536A4

tetradic

#A43536 #6EA435 #35A4A3 #6B35A4

square

#A43536 #6EA435 #35A4A3 #6B35A4

split-complementary

#A43536 #35A46B #356EA4

monochromatic

#471718 #762627 #A43536 #C65051 #D57E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.69

#A43536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A43536 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43536

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43536	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)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 53, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.146 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6736d',
    500: '#a43536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43536;
$custom-light: #c6736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.459,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49246,
    "c": 0.14643,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43536

secondary

#76BEBE

accent

#DBD94D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43536

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

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