#A43E22#A43E22

#A43E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.141 H 36.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E22
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 34)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 79.3%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.34, 40.65, 38.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.34, 55.66, 43.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% 0.1143 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.141 36)
XYZ	xyz(17.3231, 11.4557, 2.8121)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E22 #2288A4

analogous

#A42247 #A43E22 #A47F22

triadic

#A43E22 #22A43E #3E22A4

tetradic

#A43E22 #47A422 #2288A4 #7F22A4

square

#A43E22 #47A422 #2288A4 #7F22A4

split-complementary

#A43E22 #22A47F #2247A4

monochromatic

#3F180D #712B17 #A43E22 #D4532F #DE7D62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A43E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A43E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E22

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E22	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.141 36.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7775f',
    500: '#a43e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e22;
$custom-light: #c7775f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.923,
    "s": 65.657,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50108,
    "c": 0.14128,
    "h": 36
  },
  "luminance": 0.11453
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E22

secondary

#5EAEC4

accent

#C4E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E22

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

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