#A23237#A23237

#A23237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.147 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23237
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 55)
HSL	hsl(357, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.27, 46.30, 23.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.27, 51.86, 26.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.1365 0.0554)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.147 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7322, 10.2408, 4.7093)
Luminance	0.1024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23237 #32A29D

analogous

#A2326F #A23237 #A26532

triadic

#A23237 #37A232 #3237A2

tetradic

#A23237 #6FA232 #32A29D #6532A2

square

#A23237 #6FA232 #32A29D #6532A2

split-complementary

#A23237 #32A265 #326FA2

monochromatic

#441517 #732427 #A23237 #C74A50 #D6797D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A23237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23237

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23237	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21435

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.147 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4716d',
    500: '#a23237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23237;
$custom-light: #c4716d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.321,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48575,
    "c": 0.14729,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23237

secondary

#72BEBB

accent

#DCD64C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23237

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

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