#A43D23#A43D23

#A43D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.142 H 35.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43D23
RGB	rgb(164, 61, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.8%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 41.16, 37.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 55.56, 42.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% 0.116 0.0819)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.142 35.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2838, 11.3538, 2.8712)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43D23 #238AA4

analogous

#A4234A #A43D23 #A47E23

triadic

#A43D23 #23A43D #3D23A4

tetradic

#A43D23 #4AA423 #238AA4 #7E23A4

square

#A43D23 #4AA423 #238AA4 #7E23A4

split-complementary

#A43D23 #23A47E #234AA4

monochromatic

#3F170D #722A18 #A43D23 #D35231 #DE7C64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A43D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A43D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43D23

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43D23	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 61, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.142 35.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77760',
    500: '#a43d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43d23;
$custom-light: #c77760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.093,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49984,
    "c": 0.142,
    "h": 35.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11351
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43D23

secondary

#60AFC3

accent

#C6E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43D23

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

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