#A23E36#A23E36

#A23E36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.134 H 27.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E36
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 54)
HSL	hsl(4, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 40.90, 26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 48.69, 32.86°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% 0.1192 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.134 27.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2905, 11.3953, 4.7783)
Luminance	0.1139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E36 #369AA2

analogous

#A23664 #A23E36 #A27436

triadic

#A23E36 #36A23E #3E36A2

tetradic

#A23E36 #64A236 #369AA2 #7436A2

square

#A23E36 #64A236 #369AA2 #7436A2

split-complementary

#A23E36 #36A274 #3664A2

monochromatic

#461B17 #742C27 #A23E36 #C55950 #D4857E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A23E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23E36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E36

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E36	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)

#585135

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2293D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.134 27.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4786d',
    500: '#a23e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e36;
$custom-light: #c4786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.444,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50046,
    "c": 0.13444,
    "h": 27.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E36

secondary

#77B8BD

accent

#CFDA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E36

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

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