#A23229#A23229

#A23229 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.149 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23229
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 41)
HSL	hsl(4, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(4, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.07, 45.56, 31.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.07, 55.44, 34.74°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1312 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.149 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4430, 10.1251, 3.1859)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23229 #2999A2

analogous

#A2295C #A23229 #A26F29

triadic

#A23229 #29A232 #3229A2

tetradic

#A23229 #5CA229 #2999A2 #6F29A2

square

#A23229 #5CA229 #2999A2 #6F29A2

split-complementary

#A23229 #29A26F #295CA2

monochromatic

#401410 #71231D #A23229 #CD463B #DA746C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A23229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23229 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23229

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23229	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20F31

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.149 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57163',
    500: '#a23229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23229;
$custom-light: #c57163;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.463,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48356,
    "c": 0.14921,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23229

secondary

#67BAC0

accent

#D7E345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23229

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

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