#A23736#A23736

#A23736 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.142 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23736
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.04, 44.10, 24.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.04, 50.67, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.15% 0.1293 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(49.15% 0.142 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9341, 10.6825, 4.6595)
Luminance	0.1068 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23736 #36A1A2

analogous

#A2366B #A23736 #A26D36

triadic

#A23736 #36A237 #3736A2

tetradic

#A23736 #6BA236 #36A1A2 #6D36A2

square

#A23736 #6BA236 #36A1A2 #6D36A2

split-complementary

#A23736 #36A26D #366BA2

monochromatic

#461817 #742727 #A23736 #C55150 #D47F7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A23736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A23736 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23736

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23736	1.00	6.70	3.14	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544D35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21E38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.142 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4746d',
    500: '#a23736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23736;
$custom-light: #c4746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.556,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49146,
    "c": 0.14206,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1068
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23736

secondary

#77BDBD

accent

#D8DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23736

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

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