#A43E2B#A43E2B

#A43E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.139 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E2B
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 73.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 41.04, 33.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 52.77, 38.96°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.1172 0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.139 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4703, 11.5146, 3.5876)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E2B #2B91A4

analogous

#A42B55 #A43E2B #A47A2B

triadic

#A43E2B #2BA43E #3E2BA4

tetradic

#A43E2B #55A42B #2B91A4 #7A2BA4

square

#A43E2B #55A42B #2B91A4 #7A2BA4

split-complementary

#A43E2B #2BA47A #2B55A4

monochromatic

#431912 #742C1E #A43E2B #CD563F #D98070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A43E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A43E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E2B

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E2B	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)

#5A5128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736828

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.139 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67865',
    500: '#a43e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e2b;
$custom-light: #c67865;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.421,
    "s": 58.454,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50211,
    "c": 0.13911,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11512
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E2B

secondary

#6AB3C1

accent

#C9E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E2B

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