#A43E27#A43E27

#A43E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.140 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E27
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 76.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.39, 40.85, 35.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.39, 54.04, 40.89°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% 0.1159 0.0787)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.14 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4005, 11.4867, 3.2199)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E27 #278DA4

analogous

#A4274F #A43E27 #A47D27

triadic

#A43E27 #27A43E #3E27A4

tetradic

#A43E27 #4FA427 #278DA4 #7D27A4

square

#A43E27 #4FA427 #278DA4 #7D27A4

split-complementary

#A43E27 #27A47D #274FA4

monochromatic

#41190F #732B1B #A43E27 #D05438 #DC7F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#A43E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A43E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E27

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E27	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#746824

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B42539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.140 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67762',
    500: '#a43e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e27;
$custom-light: #c67762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.04,
    "s": 61.576,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50162,
    "c": 0.14007,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E27

secondary

#65B1C2

accent

#C7E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E27

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

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