#A23734#A23734

#A23734 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.142 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23734
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 52)
HSL	hsl(2, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 67.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 43.99, 26.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 51.16, 30.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.11% 0.1285 0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(49.11% 0.142 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8880, 10.6641, 4.4172)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23734 #349FA2

analogous

#A23468 #A23734 #A26E34

triadic

#A23734 #34A237 #3734A2

tetradic

#A23734 #68A234 #349FA2 #6E34A2

square

#A23734 #68A234 #349FA2 #6E34A2

split-complementary

#A23734 #34A26E #3468A2

monochromatic

#451816 #742725 #A23734 #C6514D #D57E7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A23734 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23734 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23734

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23734	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23734	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21D37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23734;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.142 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4746b',
    500: '#a23734',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23734;
$custom-light: #c4746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23734",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.636,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49112,
    "c": 0.14235,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10662
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23734

secondary

#74BCBE

accent

#D7DB4D

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23734

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

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