#A43E23#A43E23

#A43E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.141 H 35.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A43E23
RGB	rgb(164, 62, 35)
HSL	hsl(13, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(13, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.2%, 78.7%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 40.69, 37.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 55.33, 42.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50.12% 0.1146 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(50.12% 0.141 35.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3377, 11.4615, 2.8891)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A43E23 #2389A4

analogous

#A42349 #A43E23 #A47F23

triadic

#A43E23 #23A43E #3E23A4

tetradic

#A43E23 #49A423 #2389A4 #7F23A4

square

#A43E23 #49A423 #2389A4 #7F23A4

split-complementary

#A43E23 #23A47F #2349A4

monochromatic

#3F180D #722B18 #A43E23 #D35331 #DE7D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A43E23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A43E23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A43E23

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A43E23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A43E23	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#74681F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B52538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a43e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.141 35.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77760',
    500: '#a43e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a43e23;
$custom-light: #c77760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a43e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.558,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50118,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 35.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A43E23

secondary

#60AEC3

accent

#C5E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A43E23

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

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