#A43848#A43848

#A43848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.142 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43848
RGB	rgb(164, 56, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.9%, 56.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 45.62, 14.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 48.01, 18.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1372 0.0373)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.142 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8953, 11.1911, 7.3474)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43848 #38A494

analogous

#A4387E #A43848 #A45E38

triadic

#A43848 #48A438 #3848A4

tetradic

#A43848 #7EA438 #38A494 #5E38A4

square

#A43848 #7EA438 #38A494 #5E38A4

split-complementary

#A43848 #38A45E #387EA4

monochromatic

#491920 #762834 #A43848 #C55465 #D4828E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#A43848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A43848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43848

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43848	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 56, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.142 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5757a',
    500: '#a43848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43848;
$custom-light: #c5757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.111,
    "s": 49.091,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49967,
    "c": 0.14214,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43848

secondary

#7ABEB4

accent

#D9C44F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43848

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

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