#A43843#A43843

#A43843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.142 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43843
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 45.24, 17.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 48.66, 21.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.1351 0.044)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.142 18)
XYZ	xyz(17.7388, 11.1285, 6.5230)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43843 #38A499

analogous

#A43879 #A43843 #A46338

triadic

#A43843 #43A438 #3843A4

tetradic

#A43843 #79A438 #38A499 #6338A4

square

#A43843 #79A438 #38A499 #6338A4

split-complementary

#A43843 #38A463 #3879A4

monochromatic

#49191E #762830 #A43843 #C55460 #D4828A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A43843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A43843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43843

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43843	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6640

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3223D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.142 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57577',
    500: '#a43843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43843;
$custom-light: #c57577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.889,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49855,
    "c": 0.14211,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.11126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43843

secondary

#7ABEB7

accent

#D9CB4F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43843

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

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