#A23843#A23843

#A23843 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23843
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 58.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 44.55, 17.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 47.83, 21.34°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% 0.1332 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.14 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3292, 10.9173, 6.5038)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23843 #38A297

analogous

#A23878 #A23843 #A26238

triadic

#A23843 #43A238 #3843A2

tetradic

#A23843 #78A238 #38A297 #6238A2

square

#A23843 #78A238 #38A297 #6238A2

split-complementary

#A23843 #38A262 #3878A2

monochromatic

#47191D #752830 #A23843 #C4535F #D3818A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A23843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23843 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23843

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23843	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1233D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37477',
    500: '#a23843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23843;
$custom-light: #c37477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.774,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49522,
    "c": 0.13989,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10915
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23843

secondary

#79BDB6

accent

#D8CA50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23843

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

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