#A23442#A23442

#A23442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.145 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23442
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 66)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.78, 46.21, 17.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.78, 49.29, 20.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1383 0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.145 17)
XYZ	xyz(17.1133, 10.5330, 6.2851)
Luminance	0.1053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23442 #34A294

analogous

#A23479 #A23442 #A25D34

triadic

#A23442 #42A234 #3442A2

tetradic

#A23442 #79A234 #34A294 #5D34A2

square

#A23442 #79A234 #34A294 #5D34A2

split-complementary

#A23442 #34A25D #3479A2

monochromatic

#45161C #74252F #A23442 #C64D5D #D57C87

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.76

#A23442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.11

#A23442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23442

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23442	1.00	6.76	3.11	6.76
#FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.11	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11C3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.145 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47276',
    500: '#a23442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23442;
$custom-light: #c47276;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.364,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49024,
    "c": 0.14456,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.10531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23442

secondary

#74BEB4

accent

#DBC94D

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23442

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

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