#A23D40#A23D40

#A23D40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.134 H 21.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D40
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 64)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.23, 42.05, 20.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.23, 46.70, 25.78°)
OKLab	oklab(50.1% 0.1247 0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(50.1% 0.134 21.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4961, 11.3913, 6.1269)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D40 #3DA29F

analogous

#A23D72 #A23D40 #A26C3D

triadic

#A23D40 #40A23D #3D40A2

tetradic

#A23D40 #72A23D #3DA29F #6C3DA2

square

#A23D40 #72A23D #3DA29F #6C3DA2

split-complementary

#A23D40 #3DA26C #3D72A2

monochromatic

#491C1D #762C2E #A23D40 #C15B5E #D2878A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A23D40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23D40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D40

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D40	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#56513F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12A3F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.134 21.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37774',
    500: '#a23d40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d40;
$custom-light: #c37774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.218,
    "s": 45.291,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50096,
    "c": 0.13414,
    "h": 21.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11389
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D40

secondary

#7EBCBB

accent

#D5D153

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D40

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

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