#A24237#A24237

#A24237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.130 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A24237
RGB	rgb(162, 66, 55)
HSL	hsl(6, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(6, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 59.3%, 66%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.99, 39.03, 26.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.99, 47.31, 34.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% 0.1136 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.13 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.5398, 11.8559, 4.9785)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A24237 #3797A2

analogous

#A23762 #A24237 #A27737

triadic

#A24237 #37A242 #4237A2

tetradic

#A24237 #62A237 #3797A2 #7737A2

square

#A24237 #62A237 #3797A2 #7737A2

split-complementary

#A24237 #37A277 #3762A2

monochromatic

#471D18 #742F27 #A24237 #C45E52 #D48880

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#A24237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#A24237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A24237

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A24237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A24237	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5435

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22F40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a24237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 66, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.130 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47a6e',
    500: '#a24237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a24237;
$custom-light: #c47a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a24237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.168,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50615,
    "c": 0.12986,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A24237

secondary

#78B6BD

accent

#CBD94F

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EEEB

border

#D2C9C6

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A24237

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

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