#A23A40#A23A40

#A23A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.138 H 20.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A40
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 64)
HSL	hsl(357, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(357, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 43.43, 19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 47.66, 24.33°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.1291 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.138 20.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3404, 11.0800, 6.0750)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A40 #3AA29C

analogous

#A23A74 #A23A40 #A2683A

triadic

#A23A40 #40A23A #3A40A2

tetradic

#A23A40 #74A23A #3AA29C #683AA2

square

#A23A40 #74A23A #3AA29C #683AA2

split-complementary

#A23A40 #3AA268 #3A74A2

monochromatic

#481A1C #752A2E #A23A40 #C3575D #D38488

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A23A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A40

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A40	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545040

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F663D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1253D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.138 20.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37574',
    500: '#a23a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a40;
$custom-light: #c37574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.538,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49708,
    "c": 0.13767,
    "h": 20.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A40

secondary

#7BBDB9

accent

#D7CF51

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A40

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

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