#A42723#A42723

#A42723 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.162 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A42723
RGB	rgb(164, 39, 35)
HSL	hsl(2, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.2%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.87, 50.14, 33.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.87, 60.51, 34.05°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.144 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.162 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3407, 9.4675, 2.5568)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A42723 #23A0A4

analogous

#A42360 #A42723 #A46823

triadic

#A42723 #23A427 #2723A4

tetradic

#A42723 #60A423 #23A0A4 #6823A4

square

#A42723 #60A423 #23A0A4 #6823A4

split-complementary

#A42723 #23A468 #2360A4

monochromatic

#3F0F0D #721B18 #A42723 #D33631 #DE6764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A42723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A42723 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A42723

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A42723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A42723	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a42723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 39, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.162 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c5f',
    500: '#a42723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a42723;
$custom-light: #c86c5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a42723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.86,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47509,
    "c": 0.16211,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09465
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A42723

secondary

#60C0C3

accent

#E3E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A42723

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

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