#A23741#A23741

#A23741 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.141 H 18.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23741
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 65)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 59.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.24, 44.84, 18.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.24, 48.47, 22.30°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1338 0.045)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.141 18.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2222, 10.7977, 6.1773)
Luminance	0.1080 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23741 #37A298

analogous

#A23776 #A23741 #A26337

triadic

#A23741 #41A237 #3741A2

tetradic

#A23741 #76A237 #37A298 #6337A2

square

#A23741 #76A237 #37A298 #6337A2

split-complementary

#A23741 #37A263 #3776A2

monochromatic

#47181C #74272F #A23741 #C4525D #D48088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.65

#A23741 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23741 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23741

6.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23741	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23741	1.00	6.65	3.16	6.65
#FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1213B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23741;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.141 18.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37475',
    500: '#a23741',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23741;
$custom-light: #c37475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23741",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.393,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49357,
    "c": 0.14112,
    "h": 18.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23741

secondary

#78BDB7

accent

#D9CC4F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23741

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

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