#A23545#A23545

#A23545 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.143 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23545
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 69)
HSL	hsl(351, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.00, 46.01, 15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.00, 48.57, 18.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.21% 0.1381 0.0386)
OKLCH	oklch(49.21% 0.143 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2492, 10.6596, 6.7783)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23545 #35A292

analogous

#A2357B #A23545 #A25C35

triadic

#A23545 #45A235 #3545A2

tetradic

#A23545 #7BA235 #35A292 #5C35A2

square

#A23545 #7BA235 #35A292 #5C35A2

split-complementary

#A23545 #35A25C #357BA2

monochromatic

#46171E #742631 #A23545 #C54F60 #D47D8A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A23545 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23545 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23545

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23545	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23545	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)

#504E45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23545;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.143 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37378',
    500: '#a23545',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23545;
$custom-light: #c37378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23545",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.193,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49207,
    "c": 0.14343,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23545

secondary

#75BDB3

accent

#DAC64E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23545

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

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