#A23638#A23638

#A23638 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.143 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23638
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 56)
HSL	hsl(359, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(359, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.91, 44.67, 23.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.91, 50.50, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1315 0.0559)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.143 23)
XYZ	xyz(16.9350, 10.6076, 4.8963)
Luminance	0.1061 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23638 #36A2A0

analogous

#A2366E #A23638 #A26A36

triadic

#A23638 #38A236 #3638A2

tetradic

#A23638 #6EA236 #36A2A0 #6A36A2

square

#A23638 #6EA236 #36A2A0 #6A36A2

split-complementary

#A23638 #36A26A #366EA2

monochromatic

#461718 #742728 #A23638 #C55053 #D47E80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.73

#A23638 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A23638 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23638

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23638	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23638	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)

#534D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21C38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23638;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.143 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4736e',
    500: '#a23638',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23638;
$custom-light: #c4736e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23638",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.889,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4906,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.10605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23638

secondary

#77BDBC

accent

#DAD74E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23638

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

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