#A43523#A43523

#A43523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.150 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43523
RGB	rgb(164, 53, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.7%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.83, 44.74, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.83, 57.39, 38.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1272 0.0789)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.15 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8882, 10.5626, 2.7393)
Luminance	0.1056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43523 #2392A4

analogous

#A42352 #A43523 #A47623

triadic

#A43523 #23A435 #3523A4

tetradic

#A43523 #52A423 #2392A4 #7623A4

square

#A43523 #52A423 #2392A4 #7623A4

split-complementary

#A43523 #23A476 #2352A4

monochromatic

#3F140D #722518 #A43523 #D34831 #DE7564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.75

#A43523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A43523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43523

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43523	1.00	6.75	3.11	6.75
#FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B51332

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 53, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.150 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7725f',
    500: '#a43523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43523;
$custom-light: #c7725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48978,
    "c": 0.14961,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1056
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43523

secondary

#60B5C3

accent

#D0E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43523

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

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