#A43835#A43835

#A43835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.143 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43835
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 51%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 67.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.55, 44.31, 26.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.55, 51.50, 30.65°)
OKLab	oklab(49.59% 0.1295 0.0615)
OKLCH	oklch(49.59% 0.143 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.3684, 10.9803, 4.5723)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43835 #35A1A4

analogous

#A43569 #A43835 #A47035

triadic

#A43835 #35A438 #3835A4

tetradic

#A43835 #69A435 #35A1A4 #7035A4

square

#A43835 #69A435 #35A1A4 #7035A4

split-complementary

#A43835 #35A470 #3569A4

monochromatic

#471817 #762826 #A43835 #C65350 #D5807E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A43835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A43835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43835

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43835	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B41E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.143 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6746c',
    500: '#a43835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43835;
$custom-light: #c6746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.622,
    "s": 51.152,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49588,
    "c": 0.14337,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43835

secondary

#76BCBE

accent

#D7DB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43835

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

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