#A43E2A#A43E2A

#A43E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.139 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E2A
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 42)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 74.4%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 40.99, 33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 53.09, 39.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1169 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.139 33)
XYZ	xyz(17.4522, 11.5073, 3.4922)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E2A #2A90A4

analogous

#A42A53 #A43E2A #A47B2A

triadic

#A43E2A #2AA43E #3E2AA4

tetradic

#A43E2A #53A42A #2A90A4 #7B2AA4

square

#A43E2A #53A42A #2A90A4 #7B2AA4

split-complementary

#A43E2A #2AA47B #2A53A4

monochromatic

#431911 #732C1E #A43E2A #CD553E #DA806E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A43E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A43E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E2A

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E2A	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736827

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.139 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67864',
    500: '#a43e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e2a;
$custom-light: #c67864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 59.223,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50198,
    "c": 0.13936,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.11505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E2A

secondary

#69B2C1

accent

#C9E245

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E2A

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

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