#A23440#A23440

#A23440 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.145 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23440
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.74, 46.06, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.74, 49.58, 21.73°)
OKLab	oklab(48.98% 0.1375 0.0448)
OKLCH	oklch(48.98% 0.145 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0553, 10.5099, 5.9800)
Luminance	0.1051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23440 #34A296

analogous

#A23477 #A23440 #A25F34

triadic

#A23440 #40A234 #3440A2

tetradic

#A23440 #77A234 #34A296 #5F34A2

square

#A23440 #77A234 #34A296 #5F34A2

split-complementary

#A23440 #34A25F #3477A2

monochromatic

#45161B #74252E #A23440 #C64D5A #D57C85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A23440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A23440 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23440

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23440	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11B39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.145 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47274',
    500: '#a23440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23440;
$custom-light: #c47274;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.455,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48981,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23440

secondary

#74BEB6

accent

#DBCB4D

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23440

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

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