#A23943#A23943

#A23943 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.139 H 18.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23943
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 67)
HSL	hsl(354, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 58.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 44.10, 17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 47.50, 21.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1318 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.139 18.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3781, 11.0152, 6.5201)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23943 #39A298

analogous

#A23977 #A23943 #A26439

triadic

#A23943 #43A239 #3943A2

tetradic

#A23943 #77A239 #39A298 #6439A2

square

#A23943 #77A239 #39A298 #6439A2

split-complementary

#A23943 #39A264 #3977A2

monochromatic

#47191E #752930 #A23943 #C35560 #D3828A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A23943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23943 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23943

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23943	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.139 18.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37577',
    500: '#a23943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23943;
$custom-light: #c37577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.286,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49646,
    "c": 0.1387,
    "h": 18.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23943

secondary

#7ABDB6

accent

#D8CB50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23943

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

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