#A23039#A23039

#A23039 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.149 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23039
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 57)
HSL	hsl(355, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(355, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, 47.23, 21.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 52.02, 24.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.39% 0.1399 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(48.39% 0.149 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6975, 10.0931, 4.9390)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23039 #30A299

analogous

#A23072 #A23039 #A26030

triadic

#A23039 #39A230 #3039A2

tetradic

#A23039 #72A230 #30A299 #6030A2

square

#A23039 #72A230 #30A299 #6030A2

split-complementary

#A23039 #30A260 #3072A2

monochromatic

#441418 #732228 #A23039 #C84751 #D6767E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A23039 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23039 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23039

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23039	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23039	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)

#4F4A38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21034

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23039;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.149 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4706f',
    500: '#a23039',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23039;
$custom-light: #c4706f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23039",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.263,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48391,
    "c": 0.14923,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10091
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23039

secondary

#6FBEB8

accent

#DED24A

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23039

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

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