#A43E24#A43E24

#A43E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.141 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E24
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 36)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 78%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.36, 40.73, 36.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.36, 55.01, 42.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1149 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.141 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3528, 11.4676, 2.9684)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E24 #248AA4

analogous

#A4244A #A43E24 #A47E24

triadic

#A43E24 #24A43E #3E24A4

tetradic

#A43E24 #4AA424 #248AA4 #7E24A4

square

#A43E24 #4AA424 #248AA4 #7E24A4

split-complementary

#A43E24 #24A47E #244AA4

monochromatic

#40180E #722B19 #A43E24 #D25333 #DD7E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A43E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A43E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E24

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E24	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)

#5B5120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746820

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.141 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77760',
    500: '#a43e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e24;
$custom-light: #c77760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.188,
    "s": 64,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50129,
    "c": 0.14081,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E24

secondary

#61AFC3

accent

#C5E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E24

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

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