#A23029#A23029

#A23029 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.151 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23029
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 41)
HSL	hsl(3, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 46.38, 31.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 55.92, 33.98°)
OKLab	oklab(48.13% 0.1337 0.0704)
OKLCH	oklch(48.13% 0.151 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3593, 9.9578, 3.1580)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23029 #299BA2

analogous

#A2295F #A23029 #A26D29

triadic

#A23029 #29A230 #3029A2

tetradic

#A23029 #5FA229 #299BA2 #6D29A2

square

#A23029 #5FA229 #299BA2 #6D29A2

split-complementary

#A23029 #29A26D #295FA2

monochromatic

#401310 #71221D #A23029 #CD433B #DA726C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A23029 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A23029 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23029

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23029	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23029	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514927

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2082F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23029;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.151 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57063',
    500: '#a23029',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23029;
$custom-light: #c57063;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23029",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.471,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48132,
    "c": 0.15112,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23029

secondary

#67BBC0

accent

#DAE345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23029

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

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