#A23F36#A23F36

#A23F36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.133 H 28.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F36
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 54)
HSL	hsl(5, 50%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(5, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.42, 40.43, 26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.42, 48.41, 33.38°)
OKLab	oklab(50.18% 0.1178 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(50.18% 0.133 28)
XYZ	xyz(17.3453, 11.5050, 4.7966)
Luminance	0.1150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F36 #3699A2

analogous

#A23663 #A23F36 #A27536

triadic

#A23F36 #36A23F #3F36A2

tetradic

#A23F36 #63A236 #3699A2 #7536A2

square

#A23F36 #63A236 #3699A2 #7536A2

split-complementary

#A23F36 #36A275 #3663A2

monochromatic

#461B17 #742D27 #A23F36 #C55A50 #D4857E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A23F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A23F36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F36

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F36	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)

#595235

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.133 28.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4786d',
    500: '#a23f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f36;
$custom-light: #c4786d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50182,
    "c": 0.13335,
    "h": 28
  },
  "luminance": 0.11503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F36

secondary

#77B7BD

accent

#CEDA4E

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F36

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

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