#A23840#A23840

#A23840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23840
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 64)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 44.33, 19.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 48.31, 23.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.46% 0.132 0.0468)
OKLCH	oklch(49.46% 0.14 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2415, 10.8822, 6.0421)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23840 #38A29A

analogous

#A23875 #A23840 #A26538

triadic

#A23840 #40A238 #3840A2

tetradic

#A23840 #75A238 #38A29A #6538A2

square

#A23840 #75A238 #38A29A #6538A2

split-complementary

#A23840 #38A265 #3875A2

monochromatic

#47191C #75282E #A23840 #C4535C #D38187

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23840

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23840	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1223C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37474',
    500: '#a23840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23840;
$custom-light: #c37474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.472,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49458,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23840

secondary

#79BDB8

accent

#D8CE50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23840

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

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