#A23342#A23342

#A23342 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.146 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23342
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 46.62, 16.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 49.61, 19.98°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.1396 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.146 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0691, 10.4447, 6.2704)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23342 #33A293

analogous

#A2337A #A23342 #A25C33

triadic

#A23342 #42A233 #3342A2

tetradic

#A23342 #7AA233 #33A293 #5C33A2

square

#A23342 #7AA233 #33A293 #5C33A2

split-complementary

#A23342 #33A25C #337AA2

monochromatic

#45161C #73242F #A23342 #C74C5C #D57A87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23342 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23342

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23342	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11A39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.146 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47276',
    500: '#a23342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23342;
$custom-light: #c47276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.892,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48909,
    "c": 0.1457,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23342

secondary

#73BEB4

accent

#DCC84C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23342

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

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