#A23435#A23435

#A23435 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.145 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23435
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 53)
HSL	hsl(359, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.55, 45.34, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.55, 51.75, 28.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.133 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.145 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7726, 10.3968, 4.4911)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23435 #34A2A1

analogous

#A2346C #A23435 #A26A34

triadic

#A23435 #35A234 #3435A2

tetradic

#A23435 #6CA234 #34A2A1 #6A34A2

square

#A23435 #6CA234 #34A2A1 #6A34A2

split-complementary

#A23435 #34A26A #346CA2

monochromatic

#451617 #742526 #A23435 #C64D4E #D57C7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A23435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23435 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23435

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23435	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)

#524C34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21836

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.145 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726c',
    500: '#a23435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23435;
$custom-light: #c4726c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.455,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4877,
    "c": 0.14539,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23435

secondary

#74BEBD

accent

#DBDA4D

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23435

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

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