#A23036#A23036

#A23036 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.149 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23036
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 54)
HSL	hsl(357, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(357, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.96, 47.05, 23.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.96, 52.64, 26.63°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1387 0.0558)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.149 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6248, 10.0640, 4.5565)
Luminance	0.1006 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23036 #30A29C

analogous

#A2306F #A23036 #A26330

triadic

#A23036 #36A230 #3036A2

tetradic

#A23036 #6FA230 #30A29C #6330A2

square

#A23036 #6FA230 #30A29C #6330A2

split-complementary

#A23036 #30A263 #306FA2

monochromatic

#441417 #732226 #A23036 #C8474E #D6767B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A23036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A23036 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23036

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23036	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20F33

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.149 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4706d',
    500: '#a23036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23036;
$custom-light: #c4706d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48335,
    "c": 0.14946,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10062
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23036

secondary

#6FBEBA

accent

#DED64A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23036

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

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