#A23635#A23635

#A23635 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.143 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23635
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.86, 44.48, 25.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.86, 51.19, 29.66°)
OKLab	oklab(49.01% 0.1303 0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(49.01% 0.143 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8638, 10.5791, 4.5214)
Luminance	0.1058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23635 #35A1A2

analogous

#A2356B #A23635 #A26C35

triadic

#A23635 #35A236 #3635A2

tetradic

#A23635 #6BA235 #35A1A2 #6C35A2

square

#A23635 #6BA235 #35A1A2 #6C35A2

split-complementary

#A23635 #35A26C #356BA2

monochromatic

#461717 #742726 #A23635 #C5504F #D47E7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A23635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A23635 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23635

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23635	1.00	6.74	3.12	6.74
#FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21B37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.143 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4736c',
    500: '#a23635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23635;
$custom-light: #c4736c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.55,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49007,
    "c": 0.14327,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10577
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23635

secondary

#75BDBD

accent

#D9DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23635

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

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