#A23845#A23845

#A23845 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.140 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23845
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 69)
HSL	hsl(353, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.48, 44.71, 16.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.48, 47.55, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.57% 0.134 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(49.57% 0.14 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3902, 10.9417, 6.8253)
Luminance	0.1094 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23845 #38A295

analogous

#A2387A #A23845 #A26038

triadic

#A23845 #45A238 #3845A2

tetradic

#A23845 #7AA238 #38A295 #6038A2

square

#A23845 #7AA238 #38A295 #6038A2

split-complementary

#A23845 #38A260 #387AA2

monochromatic

#47191E #752832 #A23845 #C45361 #D3818B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A23845 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A23845 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23845

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23845	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23845	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)

#524F45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23845;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.140 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37478',
    500: '#a23845',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23845;
$custom-light: #c37478;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23845",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.642,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49566,
    "c": 0.13987,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10939
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23845

secondary

#79BDB5

accent

#D8C750

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23845

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

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