#A43E2D#A43E2D

#A43E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.139 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E2D
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 72.6%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, 41.14, 32.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 52.16, 37.94°)
OKLab	oklab(50.24% 0.1179 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(50.24% 0.139 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5079, 11.5296, 3.7856)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E2D #2D93A4

analogous

#A42D57 #A43E2D #A4792D

triadic

#A43E2D #2DA43E #3E2DA4

tetradic

#A43E2D #57A42D #2D93A4 #792DA4

square

#A43E2D #57A42D #2D93A4 #792DA4

split-complementary

#A43E2D #2DA479 #2D57A4

monochromatic

#441A13 #742C20 #A43E2D #CB5643 #D98173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A43E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A43E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E2D

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E2D	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A512B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.139 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67866',
    500: '#a43e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e2d;
$custom-light: #c67866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 56.938,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50238,
    "c": 0.13865,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E2D

secondary

#6DB4C0

accent

#CAE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E2D

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

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