#A23137#A23137

#A23137 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.148 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23137
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.12, 46.71, 23.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.12, 52.14, 26.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1378 0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.148 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6899, 10.1562, 4.6952)
Luminance	0.1015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23137 #31A29C

analogous

#A23170 #A23137 #A26431

triadic

#A23137 #37A231 #3137A2

tetradic

#A23137 #70A231 #31A29C #6431A2

square

#A23137 #70A231 #31A29C #6431A2

split-complementary

#A23137 #31A264 #3170A2

monochromatic

#441517 #732327 #A23137 #C8484F #D6777C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A23137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A23137 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23137

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23137	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504A36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21234

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.148 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4716d',
    500: '#a23137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23137;
$custom-light: #c4716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.814,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48463,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10154
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23137

secondary

#71BEBA

accent

#DDD54B

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23137

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

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