#A23A3E#A23A3E

#A23A3E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.138 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A3E
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 62)
HSL	hsl(358, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(358, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 61.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.68, 43.29, 20.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.68, 48.04, 25.69°)
OKLab	oklab(49.67% 0.1283 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(49.67% 0.138 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2845, 11.0576, 5.7807)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A3E #3AA29E

analogous

#A23A72 #A23A3E #A26A3A

triadic

#A23A3E #3EA23A #3A3EA2

tetradic

#A23A3E #72A23A #3AA29E #6A3AA2

square

#A23A3E #72A23A #3AA29E #6A3AA2

split-complementary

#A23A3E #3AA26A #3A72A2

monochromatic

#481A1C #752A2D #A23A3E #C3575B #D38487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A23A3E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23A3E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A3E

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A3E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A3E	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#54503D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1253C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a3e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.138 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37573',
    500: '#a23a3e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a3e;
$custom-light: #c37573;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a3e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49668,
    "c": 0.13782,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11055
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A3E

secondary

#7BBDBA

accent

#D7D251

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A3E

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

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