#A43E25#A43E25

#A43E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.141 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E25
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 37)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 77.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 40.77, 36.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 54.68, 41.79°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.1152 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.141 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.3683, 11.4738, 3.0500)
Luminance	0.1147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E25 #258BA4

analogous

#A4254C #A43E25 #A47E25

triadic

#A43E25 #25A43E #3E25A4

tetradic

#A43E25 #4CA425 #258BA4 #7E25A4

square

#A43E25 #4CA425 #258BA4 #7E25A4

split-complementary

#A43E25 #25A47E #254CA4

monochromatic

#40180E #722B1A #A43E25 #D15435 #DD7E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#A43E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A43E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E25

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E25	1.00	6.37	3.29	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746822

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.141 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67761',
    500: '#a43e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e25;
$custom-light: #c67761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.811,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50139,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E25

secondary

#62B0C2

accent

#C6E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E25

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

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