#A23139#A23139

#A23139 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.148 H 20.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23139
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(356, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, 46.83, 21.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 51.73, 25.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.1386 0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.148 20.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7388, 10.1758, 4.9528)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23139 #31A29A

analogous

#A23172 #A23139 #A26231

triadic

#A23139 #39A231 #3139A2

tetradic

#A23139 #72A231 #31A29A #6231A2

square

#A23139 #72A231 #31A29A #6231A2

split-complementary

#A23139 #31A262 #3172A2

monochromatic

#441518 #732328 #A23139 #C84851 #D6777E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A23139 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A23139 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23139

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23139	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23139	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23139;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.148 20.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4716f',
    500: '#a23139',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23139;
$custom-light: #c4716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23139",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.752,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.485,
    "c": 0.14818,
    "h": 20.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10173
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23139

secondary

#71BEB9

accent

#DDD34B

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23139

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

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