#A23942#A23942

#A23942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.139 H 18.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23942
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.59, 44.03, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.59, 47.65, 22.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% 0.1314 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.139 18.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3484, 11.0033, 6.3635)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23942 #39A299

analogous

#A23976 #A23942 #A26439

triadic

#A23942 #42A239 #3942A2

tetradic

#A23942 #76A239 #39A299 #6439A2

square

#A23942 #76A239 #39A299 #6439A2

split-complementary

#A23942 #39A264 #3976A2

monochromatic

#47191D #752930 #A23942 #C3555E #D38289

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A23942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23942

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23942	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534F42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E653F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1243D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.139 18.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37576',
    500: '#a23942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23942;
$custom-light: #c37576;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.857,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49624,
    "c": 0.13873,
    "h": 18.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23942

secondary

#7ABDB7

accent

#D8CC50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23942

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

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