#A23544#A23544

#A23544 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.143 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23544
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 68)
HSL	hsl(352, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 58%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.98, 45.93, 16.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.98, 48.69, 19.39°)
OKLab	oklab(49.18% 0.1377 0.04)
OKLCH	oklch(49.18% 0.143 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2184, 10.6473, 6.6162)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23544 #35A293

analogous

#A2357B #A23544 #A25C35

triadic

#A23544 #44A235 #3544A2

tetradic

#A23544 #7BA235 #35A293 #5C35A2

square

#A23544 #7BA235 #35A293 #5C35A2

split-complementary

#A23544 #35A25C #357BA2

monochromatic

#46171D #742631 #A23544 #C54F5F #D47D89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A23544 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23544 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23544

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23544	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23544	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504D44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23544;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.143 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37377',
    500: '#a23544',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23544;
$custom-light: #c37377;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23544",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.743,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49184,
    "c": 0.14341,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23544

secondary

#75BDB4

accent

#DAC74E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23544

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

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