#A43842#A43842

#A43842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.142 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43842
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.78, 45.16, 18.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.78, 48.82, 22.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1347 0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.142 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7090, 11.1166, 6.3664)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43842 #38A49A

analogous

#A43878 #A43842 #A46438

triadic

#A43842 #42A438 #3842A4

tetradic

#A43842 #78A438 #38A49A #6438A4

square

#A43842 #78A438 #38A49A #6438A4

split-complementary

#A43842 #38A464 #3878A4

monochromatic

#49191D #762830 #A43842 #C5545F #D4828A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A43842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A43842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43842

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43842	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3223C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.142 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57576',
    500: '#a43842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43842;
$custom-light: #c57576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.444,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49834,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43842

secondary

#7ABEB8

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43842

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

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