#A23945#A23945

#A23945 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.139 H 17.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23945
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 69)
HSL	hsl(353, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(353, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 44.26, 16.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 47.21, 20.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1326 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.139 17)
XYZ	xyz(17.4392, 11.0396, 6.8416)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23945 #39A296

analogous

#A23979 #A23945 #A26139

triadic

#A23945 #45A239 #3945A2

tetradic

#A23945 #79A239 #39A296 #6139A2

square

#A23945 #79A239 #39A296 #6139A2

split-complementary

#A23945 #39A261 #3979A2

monochromatic

#47191E #752932 #A23945 #C35562 #D3828C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A23945 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23945 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23945

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23945	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23945	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1253E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23945;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.139 17.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37578',
    500: '#a23945',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23945;
$custom-light: #c37578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23945",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.143,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4969,
    "c": 0.13867,
    "h": 17
  },
  "luminance": 0.11037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23945

secondary

#7ABDB5

accent

#D8C850

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23945

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

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