#A44243#A44243

#A44243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 51.2% C 0.130 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A44243
RGB	rgb(164, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.8%, 59.1%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, 40.62, 20.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 45.37, 26.47°)
OKLab	oklab(51.15% 0.1205 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(51.15% 0.13 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.2728, 12.1965, 6.7010)
Luminance	0.1219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A44243 #42A4A3

analogous

#A44274 #A44243 #A47242

triadic

#A44243 #43A442 #4243A4

tetradic

#A44243 #74A442 #42A4A3 #7242A4

square

#A44243 #74A442 #42A4A3 #7242A4

split-complementary

#A44243 #42A472 #4274A4

monochromatic

#4D1F1F #783031 #A44243 #C06364 #D28F8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.11

#A44243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#A44243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A44243

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A44243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A44243	1.00	6.11	3.44	6.11
#FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B33043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a44243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.2% 0.130 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47a77',
    500: '#a44243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a44243;
$custom-light: #c47a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a44243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.388,
    "s": 42.609,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51154,
    "c": 0.13021,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A44243

secondary

#85BDBC

accent

#D2D155

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A44243

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

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