#A23735#A23735

#A23735 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.142 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23735
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 53)
HSL	hsl(1, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.02, 44.04, 25.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.02, 50.91, 30.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1289 0.06)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.142 25)
XYZ	xyz(16.9108, 10.6732, 4.5371)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23735 #35A0A2

analogous

#A2356A #A23735 #A26E35

triadic

#A23735 #35A237 #3735A2

tetradic

#A23735 #6AA235 #35A0A2 #6E35A2

square

#A23735 #6AA235 #35A0A2 #6E35A2

split-complementary

#A23735 #35A26E #356AA2

monochromatic

#461817 #742726 #A23735 #C5514F #D47F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A23735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23735 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23735

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23735	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)

#544D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21D38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.142 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4746c',
    500: '#a23735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23735;
$custom-light: #c4746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.101,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49128,
    "c": 0.1422,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.10671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23735

secondary

#75BCBD

accent

#D8DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23735

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

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