#A23540#A23540

#A23540 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.143 H 18.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23540
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 64)
HSL	hsl(354, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(354, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.90, 45.63, 18.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.90, 49.27, 22.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.1% 0.1361 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(49.1% 0.143 18.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1004, 10.6001, 5.9950)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23540 #35A297

analogous

#A23577 #A23540 #A26135

triadic

#A23540 #40A235 #3540A2

tetradic

#A23540 #77A235 #35A297 #6135A2

square

#A23540 #77A235 #35A297 #6135A2

split-complementary

#A23540 #35A261 #3577A2

monochromatic

#46171C #74262E #A23540 #C54F5B #D47D86

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#A23540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A23540 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23540

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23540	1.00	6.73	3.12	6.73
#FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514D40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D643D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11D3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.143 18.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47374',
    500: '#a23540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23540;
$custom-light: #c47374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.945,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49097,
    "c": 0.14344,
    "h": 18.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10598
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23540

secondary

#75BDB6

accent

#DACC4E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23540

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

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