#A43A42#A43A42

#A43A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.140 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43A42
RGB	rgb(164, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.6%, 59.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 44.28, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 48.17, 23.20°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.1319 0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.14 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8079, 11.3143, 6.3993)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43A42 #3AA49C

analogous

#A43A77 #A43A42 #A4673A

triadic

#A43A42 #42A43A #3A42A4

tetradic

#A43A42 #77A43A #3AA49C #673AA4

square

#A43A42 #77A43A #3AA49C #673AA4

split-complementary

#A43A42 #3AA467 #3A77A4

monochromatic

#4A1A1E #772A30 #A43A42 #C45760 #D4858B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A43A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A43A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43A42

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43A42	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.140 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57676',
    500: '#a43a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43a42;
$custom-light: #c57676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 47.748,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5008,
    "c": 0.13981,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43A42

secondary

#7CBEB9

accent

#D7CD50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43A42

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

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