#A23742#A23742

#A23742 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.141 H 18.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23742
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 66)
HSL	hsl(354, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 44.92, 17.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 48.31, 21.61°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.1342 0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.141 18)
XYZ	xyz(17.2515, 10.8094, 6.3312)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23742 #37A297

analogous

#A23777 #A23742 #A26237

triadic

#A23742 #42A237 #3742A2

tetradic

#A23742 #77A237 #37A297 #6237A2

square

#A23742 #77A237 #37A297 #6237A2

split-complementary

#A23742 #37A262 #3777A2

monochromatic

#47181D #74272F #A23742 #C4525E #D48088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A23742 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23742 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23742

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23742	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23742	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524E42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1213C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23742;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.141 18.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37476',
    500: '#a23742',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23742;
$custom-light: #c37476;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23742",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.832,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49378,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 18
  },
  "luminance": 0.10807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23742

secondary

#78BDB6

accent

#D9CB4F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23742

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

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