#A23230#A23230

#A23230 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.148 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23230
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 48)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 70.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.16, 45.90, 27.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.16, 53.52, 30.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1337 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.148 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.5762, 10.1784, 3.8875)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23230 #30A0A2

analogous

#A23067 #A23230 #A26B30

triadic

#A23230 #30A232 #3230A2

tetradic

#A23230 #67A230 #30A0A2 #6B30A2

square

#A23230 #67A230 #30A0A2 #6B30A2

split-complementary

#A23230 #30A26B #3067A2

monochromatic

#441514 #732322 #A23230 #C84947 #D67876

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A23230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A23230 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23230

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23230	1.00	6.92	3.04	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514A2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21133

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.148 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57168',
    500: '#a23230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23230;
$custom-light: #c57168;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.053,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48457,
    "c": 0.14811,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23230

secondary

#6FBDBE

accent

#DBDE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23230

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

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