#A84243#A84243

#A84243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 51.8% C 0.135 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84243
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.20, 42.07, 21.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.20, 47.12, 26.77°)
OKLab	oklab(51.79% 0.1246 0.0515)
OKLCH	oklch(51.79% 0.135 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.1115, 12.6290, 6.7403)
Luminance	0.1263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84243 #42A8A7

analogous

#A84276 #A84243 #A87442

triadic

#A84243 #43A842 #4243A8

tetradic

#A84243 #76A842 #42A8A7 #7442A8

square

#A84243 #76A842 #42A8A7 #7442A8

split-complementary

#A84243 #42A874 #4276A8

monochromatic

#501F20 #7C3131 #A84243 #C26566 #D49191

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#A84243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#A84243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84243

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84243	1.00	5.96	3.53	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#756C41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B82F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.8% 0.135 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77b77',
    500: '#a84243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84243;
$custom-light: #c77b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.412,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5179,
    "c": 0.13488,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84243

secondary

#87BFBE

accent

#D3D254

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84243

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

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