#A23841#A23841

#A23841 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23841
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 65)
HSL	hsl(355, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 59.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 44.40, 18.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 48.14, 22.73°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1324 0.0455)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.14 19)
XYZ	xyz(17.2702, 10.8937, 6.1933)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23841 #38A299

analogous

#A23876 #A23841 #A26438

triadic

#A23841 #41A238 #3841A2

tetradic

#A23841 #76A238 #38A299 #6438A2

square

#A23841 #76A238 #38A299 #6438A2

split-complementary

#A23841 #38A264 #3876A2

monochromatic

#47191D #75282F #A23841 #C4535D #D38188

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23841 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23841 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23841

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23841	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23841	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)

#534F41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1223C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23841;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37475',
    500: '#a23841',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23841;
$custom-light: #c37475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23841",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.906,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49479,
    "c": 0.13995,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.10891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23841

secondary

#79BDB7

accent

#D8CD50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23841

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

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