#A23844#A23844

#A23844 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 17.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23844
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 68)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 58%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 44.63, 16.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 47.69, 20.64°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.1336 0.0415)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.14 17.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3594, 10.9294, 6.6632)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23844 #38A296

analogous

#A23879 #A23844 #A26138

triadic

#A23844 #44A238 #3844A2

tetradic

#A23844 #79A238 #38A296 #6138A2

square

#A23844 #79A238 #38A296 #6138A2

split-complementary

#A23844 #38A261 #3879A2

monochromatic

#47191E #752831 #A23844 #C45360 #D3818A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A23844 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A23844 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23844

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23844	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23844	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F44

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1233D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23844;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 17.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37477',
    500: '#a23844',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23844;
$custom-light: #c37477;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23844",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.208,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49544,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 17.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23844

secondary

#79BDB5

accent

#D8C950

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23844

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

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