#A54243#A54243

#A54243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 51.3% C 0.131 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A54243
RGB	rgb(165, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 43%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(359, 60%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60%, 59.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.69, 40.98, 20.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.69, 45.81, 26.55°)
OKLab	oklab(51.31% 0.1216 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(51.31% 0.131 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.4800, 12.3034, 6.7107)
Luminance	0.1230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A54243 #42A5A4

analogous

#A54274 #A54243 #A57242

triadic

#A54243 #43A542 #4243A5

tetradic

#A54243 #74A542 #42A5A4 #7242A5

square

#A54243 #74A542 #42A5A4 #7242A5

split-complementary

#A54243 #42A572 #4274A5

monochromatic

#4E1F1F #793131 #A54243 #C16364 #D28F90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.07

#A54243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.46

#A54243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A54243

6.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A54243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A54243	1.00	6.07	3.46	6.07
#FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.46	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5542

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736A41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B43043

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a54243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.3% 0.131 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57a77',
    500: '#a54243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a54243;
$custom-light: #c57a77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a54243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.394,
    "s": 42.857,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51312,
    "c": 0.13138,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A54243

secondary

#85BDBD

accent

#D3D155

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEED

border

#D2C9C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A54243

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

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