#A23224#A23224

#A23224 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.150 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23224
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 36)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, 45.35, 34.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 56.92, 37.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1295 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.15 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3612, 10.0924, 2.7552)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23224 #2494A2

analogous

#A22455 #A23224 #A27124

triadic

#A23224 #24A232 #3224A2

tetradic

#A23224 #55A224 #2494A2 #7124A2

square

#A23224 #55A224 #2494A2 #7124A2

split-complementary

#A23224 #24A271 #2455A2

monochromatic

#3E130E #702319 #A23224 #D14432 #DD7164

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A23224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23224

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23224	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)

#524A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30D30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.150 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c67160',
    500: '#a23224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23224;
$custom-light: #c67160;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48294,
    "c": 0.15009,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23224

secondary

#60B7C2

accent

#D4E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23224

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

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