#A23D35#A23D35

#A23D35 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.136 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D35
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 53)
HSL	hsl(4, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 67.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 41.31, 26.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 49.23, 32.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.1203 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.136 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2133, 11.2782, 4.6380)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D35 #359AA2

analogous

#A23563 #A23D35 #A27435

triadic

#A23D35 #35A23D #3D35A2

tetradic

#A23D35 #63A235 #359AA2 #7435A2

square

#A23D35 #63A235 #359AA2 #7435A2

split-complementary

#A23D35 #35A274 #3563A2

monochromatic

#461A17 #742C26 #A23D35 #C5584F #D4837D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A23D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23D35 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D35

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D35	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585134

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716732

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.136 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4776c',
    500: '#a23d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d35;
$custom-light: #c4776c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.404,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49895,
    "c": 0.13572,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D35

secondary

#75B8BD

accent

#D0DA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D35

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

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