#A43E2C#A43E2C

#A43E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.139 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E2C
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 73.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.45, 41.09, 32.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.45, 52.46, 38.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% 0.1176 0.0739)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.139 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.4889, 11.5220, 3.6854)
Luminance	0.1152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E2C #2C92A4

analogous

#A42C56 #A43E2C #A47A2C

triadic

#A43E2C #2CA43E #3E2CA4

tetradic

#A43E2C #56A42C #2C92A4 #7A2CA4

square

#A43E2C #56A42C #2C92A4 #7A2CA4

split-complementary

#A43E2C #2CA47A #2C56A4

monochromatic

#431A12 #742C1F #A43E2C #CC5641 #D98171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A43E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A43E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E2C

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E2C	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)

#5A512A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736829

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.139 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67866',
    500: '#a43e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e2c;
$custom-light: #c67866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9,
    "s": 57.692,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50224,
    "c": 0.13888,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.1152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E2C

secondary

#6BB4C0

accent

#CAE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E2C

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

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