#A23340#A23340

#A23340 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.146 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23340
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 46.48, 18.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 49.90, 21.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.87% 0.1388 0.0444)
OKLCH	oklch(48.87% 0.146 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0112, 10.4215, 5.9653)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23340 #33A295

analogous

#A23378 #A23340 #A25E33

triadic

#A23340 #40A233 #3340A2

tetradic

#A23340 #78A233 #33A295 #5E33A2

square

#A23340 #78A233 #33A295 #5E33A2

split-complementary

#A23340 #33A25E #3378A2

monochromatic

#45161B #73242E #A23340 #C74C5A #D57A85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A23340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23340 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23340

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23340	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11A38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.146 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47274',
    500: '#a23340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23340;
$custom-light: #c47274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.973,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48866,
    "c": 0.14571,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23340

secondary

#73BEB5

accent

#DCCB4C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23340

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

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