#A23743#A23743

#A23743 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.141 H 17.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23743
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 67)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 58.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.28, 44.99, 17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.28, 48.16, 20.91°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.1346 0.0423)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.141 17.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2812, 10.8213, 6.4878)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23743 #37A296

analogous

#A23779 #A23743 #A26037

triadic

#A23743 #43A237 #3743A2

tetradic

#A23743 #79A237 #37A296 #6037A2

square

#A23743 #79A237 #37A296 #6037A2

split-complementary

#A23743 #37A260 #3779A2

monochromatic

#47181D #742730 #A23743 #C4525F #D48089

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A23743 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23743 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23743

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23743	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23743	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1213C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23743;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.141 17.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37477',
    500: '#a23743',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23743;
$custom-light: #c37477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23743",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.271,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.494,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 17.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23743

secondary

#78BDB5

accent

#D9C94F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23743

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

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