#A23637#A23637

#A23637 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.143 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23637
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 55)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.89, 44.60, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.89, 50.72, 28.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.1311 0.0572)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.143 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.9108, 10.5979, 4.7688)
Luminance	0.1060 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23637 #36A2A1

analogous

#A2366D #A23637 #A26B36

triadic

#A23637 #37A236 #3637A2

tetradic

#A23637 #6DA236 #36A2A1 #6B36A2

square

#A23637 #6DA236 #36A2A1 #6B36A2

split-complementary

#A23637 #36A26B #366DA2

monochromatic

#461718 #742727 #A23637 #C55051 #D47E7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#A23637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A23637 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23637

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23637	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)

#534D36

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6434

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21C37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.143 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4736e',
    500: '#a23637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23637;
$custom-light: #c4736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.444,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49042,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10596
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23637

secondary

#77BDBD

accent

#DAD84E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23637

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

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