#A23836#A23836

#A23836 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.141 H 24.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23836
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 54)
HSL	hsl(1, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(1, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.20, 43.66, 25.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.20, 50.38, 29.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.27% 0.1279 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(49.27% 0.141 24.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9820, 10.7784, 4.6755)
Luminance	0.1078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23836 #36A0A2

analogous

#A2366A #A23836 #A26E36

triadic

#A23836 #36A238 #3836A2

tetradic

#A23836 #6AA236 #36A0A2 #6E36A2

square

#A23836 #6AA236 #36A0A2 #6E36A2

split-complementary

#A23836 #36A26E #366AA2

monochromatic

#461817 #742827 #A23836 #C55350 #D4807E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.66

#A23836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23836 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23836

6.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23836	1.00	6.66	3.16	6.66
#FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.66	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544E35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21F39

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.141 24.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4746d',
    500: '#a23836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23836;
$custom-light: #c4746d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.111,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49269,
    "c": 0.14099,
    "h": 24.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23836

secondary

#77BCBD

accent

#D7DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23836

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

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