#A23434#A23434

#A23434 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.146 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23434
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 52)
HSL	hsl(0, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 67.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 45.28, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 51.99, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% 0.1326 0.0599)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.146 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7499, 10.3877, 4.3712)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23434 #34A2A2

analogous

#A2346B #A23434 #A26B34

triadic

#A23434 #34A234 #3434A2

tetradic

#A23434 #6BA234 #34A2A2 #6B34A2

square

#A23434 #6BA234 #34A2A2 #6B34A2

split-complementary

#A23434 #34A26B #346BA2

monochromatic

#451616 #742525 #A23434 #C64D4D #D57C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A23434 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23434 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23434

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23434	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23434	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21735

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23434;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.146 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726b',
    500: '#a23434',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23434;
$custom-light: #c4726b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23434",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48752,
    "c": 0.14552,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23434

secondary

#74BEBE

accent

#DBDB4D

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23434

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

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