#A23226#A23226

#A23226 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.150 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23226
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 38)
HSL	hsl(6, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(6, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.03, 45.43, 33.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.03, 56.32, 36.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1301 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.15 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3926, 10.1050, 2.9206)
Luminance	0.1010 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23226 #2696A2

analogous

#A22658 #A23226 #A27026

triadic

#A23226 #26A232 #3226A2

tetradic

#A23226 #58A226 #2696A2 #7026A2

square

#A23226 #58A226 #2696A2 #7026A2

split-complementary

#A23226 #26A270 #2658A2

monochromatic

#3F130F #70231A #A23226 #D04435 #DB7267

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.95

#A23226 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23226 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23226

6.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23226	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23226	1.00	6.95	3.02	6.95
#FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20E30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23226;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.150 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57161',
    500: '#a23226',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23226;
$custom-light: #c57161;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23226",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.806,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48317,
    "c": 0.14973,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23226

secondary

#63B8C1

accent

#D5E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23226

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

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