#A23642#A23642

#A23642 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.142 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23642
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 66)
HSL	hsl(353, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.10, 45.35, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.10, 48.64, 21.18°)
OKLab	oklab(49.26% 0.1356 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(49.26% 0.142 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2044, 10.7154, 6.3155)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23642 #36A296

analogous

#A23678 #A23642 #A26036

triadic

#A23642 #42A236 #3642A2

tetradic

#A23642 #78A236 #36A296 #6036A2

square

#A23642 #78A236 #36A296 #6036A2

split-complementary

#A23642 #36A260 #3678A2

monochromatic

#46171D #74272F #A23642 #C5505D #D47E88

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A23642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A23642 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23642

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23642	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D643F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11F3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.142 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37376',
    500: '#a23642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23642;
$custom-light: #c37376;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.333,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49258,
    "c": 0.14225,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23642

secondary

#77BDB5

accent

#DACA4E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23642

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

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