#A23A42#A23A42

#A23A42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.138 H 19.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A42
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 66)
HSL	hsl(355, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(355, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.75, 43.58, 18.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.75, 47.32, 22.94°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% 0.1299 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.138 19.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3983, 11.1031, 6.3801)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A42 #3AA29A

analogous

#A23A76 #A23A42 #A2663A

triadic

#A23A42 #42A23A #3A42A2

tetradic

#A23A42 #76A23A #3AA29A #663AA2

square

#A23A42 #76A23A #3AA29A #663AA2

split-complementary

#A23A42 #3AA266 #3A76A2

monochromatic

#481A1D #752A30 #A23A42 #C3575F #D3848A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A23A42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23A42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A42

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A42	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545042

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E663F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1263E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.138 19.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37676',
    500: '#a23a42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a42;
$custom-light: #c37676;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4975,
    "c": 0.13755,
    "h": 19.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11101
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A42

secondary

#7BBDB8

accent

#D7CD51

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A42

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

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