#A23E40#A23E40

#A23E40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.133 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E40
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 64)
HSL	hsl(359, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(359, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.41, 41.58, 20.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.41, 46.37, 26.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.23% 0.1233 0.0499)
OKLCH	oklch(50.23% 0.133 22)
XYZ	xyz(17.5499, 11.4991, 6.1449)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E40 #3EA2A0

analogous

#A23E72 #A23E40 #A26E3E

triadic

#A23E40 #40A23E #3E40A2

tetradic

#A23E40 #72A23E #3EA2A0 #6E3EA2

square

#A23E40 #72A23E #3EA2A0 #6E3EA2

split-complementary

#A23E40 #3EA26E #3E72A2

monochromatic

#491C1D #762D2F #A23E40 #C15C5E #D2898A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A23E40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A23E40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E40

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E40	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#57523F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.133 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37874',
    500: '#a23e40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e40;
$custom-light: #c37874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.8,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50229,
    "c": 0.13296,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.11497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E40

secondary

#80BCBB

accent

#D4D253

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E40

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →