#A23343#A23343

#A23343 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.146 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23343
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 58.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.65, 46.70, 16.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.65, 49.48, 19.30°)
OKLab	oklab(48.93% 0.14 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(48.93% 0.146 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0988, 10.4566, 6.4270)
Luminance	0.1045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23343 #33A292

analogous

#A2337B #A23343 #A25A33

triadic

#A23343 #43A233 #3343A2

tetradic

#A23343 #7BA233 #33A292 #5A33A2

square

#A23343 #7BA233 #33A292 #5A33A2

split-complementary

#A23343 #33A25A #337BA2

monochromatic

#45161C #732430 #A23343 #C74C5D #D57A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#A23343 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23343 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23343

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23343	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23343	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23343;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.146 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37277',
    500: '#a23343',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23343;
$custom-light: #c37277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23343",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.351,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48931,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23343

secondary

#73BEB3

accent

#DCC74C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23343

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

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