#A23A36#A23A36

#A23A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.139 H 25.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A36
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 54)
HSL	hsl(2, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(2, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.54, 42.76, 25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.54, 49.82, 30.87°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% 0.1251 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.139 25.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0809, 10.9762, 4.7085)
Luminance	0.1097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A36 #369EA2

analogous

#A23668 #A23A36 #A27036

triadic

#A23A36 #36A23A #3A36A2

tetradic

#A23A36 #68A236 #369EA2 #7036A2

square

#A23A36 #68A236 #369EA2 #7036A2

split-complementary

#A23A36 #36A270 #3668A2

monochromatic

#461917 #742A27 #A23A36 #C55550 #D4817E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A23A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A23A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A36

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A36	1.00	6.57	3.19	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2233A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.139 25.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4756d',
    500: '#a23a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a36;
$custom-light: #c4756d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.222,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49521,
    "c": 0.13882,
    "h": 25.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A36

secondary

#77BBBD

accent

#D4DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A36

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

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