#A43E2E#A43E2E

#A43E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.138 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E2E
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 72%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.47, 41.19, 31.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.47, 51.85, 37.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1183 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.138 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5274, 11.5374, 3.8882)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E2E #2E94A4

analogous

#A42E59 #A43E2E #A4792E

triadic

#A43E2E #2EA43E #3E2EA4

tetradic

#A43E2E #59A42E #2E94A4 #792EA4

square

#A43E2E #59A42E #2E94A4 #792EA4

split-complementary

#A43E2E #2EA479 #2E59A4

monochromatic

#441A13 #742C21 #A43E2E #CB5745 #D88274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A43E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A43E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E2E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E2E	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)

#5A512C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73682B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.138 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67867',
    500: '#a43e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e2e;
$custom-light: #c67867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 56.19,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50251,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11535
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E2E

secondary

#6EB5C0

accent

#CBDF48

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E2E

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