#A94243#A94243

#A94243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 51.9% C 0.136 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A94243
RGB	rgb(169, 66, 67)
HSL	hsl(359, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(359, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.9%, 60.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.37, 42.43, 21.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.37, 47.55, 26.85°)
OKLab	oklab(51.95% 0.1257 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(51.95% 0.136 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.3253, 12.7392, 6.7504)
Luminance	0.1274 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A94243 #42A9A8

analogous

#A94276 #A94243 #A97442

triadic

#A94243 #43A942 #4243A9

tetradic

#A94243 #76A942 #42A9A8 #7442A9

square

#A94243 #76A942 #42A9A8 #7442A9

split-complementary

#A94243 #42A974 #4276A9

monochromatic

#512020 #7D3132 #A94243 #C36566 #D49192

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.92

#A94243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#A94243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A94243

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A94243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A94243	1.00	5.92	3.55	5.92
#FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C5642

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#766C40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B92F43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a94243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 66, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.9% 0.136 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c87b77',
    500: '#a94243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a94243;
$custom-light: #c87b77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a94243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.417,
    "s": 43.83,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51949,
    "c": 0.13604,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A94243

secondary

#87C0BF

accent

#D4D254

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEEED

border

#D3C9C8

text

#140A08

muted

#837C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A94243

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

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