#A43C23#A43C23

#A43C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.143 H 34.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43C23
RGB	rgb(164, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.4%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.00, 41.63, 37.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.00, 55.78, 41.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1175 0.0815)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.143 34.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2310, 11.2480, 2.8535)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43C23 #238BA4

analogous

#A4234B #A43C23 #A47D23

triadic

#A43C23 #23A43C #3C23A4

tetradic

#A43C23 #4BA423 #238BA4 #7D23A4

square

#A43C23 #4BA423 #238BA4 #7D23A4

split-complementary

#A43C23 #23A47D #234BA4

monochromatic

#3F170D #722A18 #A43C23 #D35131 #DE7B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A43C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A43C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43C23

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43C23	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59501F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.143 34.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77660',
    500: '#a43c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43c23;
$custom-light: #c77660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.628,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49852,
    "c": 0.14295,
    "h": 34.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43C23

secondary

#60B0C3

accent

#C7E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43C23

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

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