#A7243E#A7243E

#A7243E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.166 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7243E
RGB	rgb(167, 36, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.4%, 62.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 53.38, 18.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 56.40, 18.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.24% 0.1599 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(48.24% 0.166 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4386, 9.8277, 5.5352)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7243E #24A78D

analogous

#A7247F #A7243E #A74C24

triadic

#A7243E #3EA724 #243EA7

tetradic

#A7243E #7FA724 #24A78D #4C24A7

square

#A7243E #7FA724 #24A78D #4C24A7

split-complementary

#A7243E #24A74C #247FA7

monochromatic

#420E19 #75192B #A7243E #D33554 #DE677F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A7243E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A7243E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7243E

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7243E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7243E	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7243e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 36, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.166 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c73',
    500: '#a7243e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7243e;
$custom-light: #c86c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7243e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.092,
    "s": 64.532,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48241,
    "c": 0.16586,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09825
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7243E

secondary

#63C4B1

accent

#E8C640

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7243E

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

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