#A23835#A23835

#A23835 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.141 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23835
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 53)
HSL	hsl(2, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.19, 43.60, 25.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.19, 50.63, 30.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% 0.1275 0.0604)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.141 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9588, 10.7691, 4.5531)
Luminance	0.1077 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23835 #359FA2

analogous

#A23569 #A23835 #A26E35

triadic

#A23835 #35A238 #3835A2

tetradic

#A23835 #69A235 #359FA2 #6E35A2

square

#A23835 #69A235 #359FA2 #6E35A2

split-complementary

#A23835 #35A26E #3569A2

monochromatic

#461817 #742826 #A23835 #C5524F #D47F7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A23835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A23835 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23835

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23835	1.00	6.66	3.15	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.141 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4746c',
    500: '#a23835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23835;
$custom-light: #c4746c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.651,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49252,
    "c": 0.14113,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23835

secondary

#75BBBD

accent

#D6DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23835

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

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