#A23636#A23636

#A23636 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.143 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23636
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 54)
HSL	hsl(0, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(0, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.88, 44.54, 24.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.88, 50.95, 29.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.02% 0.1307 0.0584)
OKLCH	oklch(49.02% 0.143 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8870, 10.5884, 4.6439)
Luminance	0.1059 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23636 #36A2A2

analogous

#A2366C #A23636 #A26C36

triadic

#A23636 #36A236 #3636A2

tetradic

#A23636 #6CA236 #36A2A2 #6C36A2

square

#A23636 #6CA236 #36A2A2 #6C36A2

split-complementary

#A23636 #36A26C #366CA2

monochromatic

#461717 #742727 #A23636 #C55050 #D47E7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.74

#A23636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A23636 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23636

6.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23636	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)

#534D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.143 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4736d',
    500: '#a23636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23636;
$custom-light: #c4736d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49024,
    "c": 0.14315,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10586
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23636

secondary

#77BDBD

accent

#DADA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23636

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

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