#A23038#A23038

#A23038 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.149 H 20.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23038
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 56)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.99, 47.17, 22.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.99, 52.22, 25.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1395 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.149 20.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6728, 10.0832, 4.8089)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23038 #30A29A

analogous

#A23071 #A23038 #A26130

triadic

#A23038 #38A230 #3038A2

tetradic

#A23038 #71A230 #30A29A #6130A2

square

#A23038 #71A230 #30A29A #6130A2

split-complementary

#A23038 #30A261 #3071A2

monochromatic

#441417 #732228 #A23038 #C84750 #D6767D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A23038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23038 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23038

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23038	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4A37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.149 20.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4706e',
    500: '#a23038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23038;
$custom-light: #c4706e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.789,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48372,
    "c": 0.1493,
    "h": 20.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10081
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23038

secondary

#6FBEB9

accent

#DED34A

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23038

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

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