#A23231#A23231

#A23231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.148 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23231
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 49)
HSL	hsl(1, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(1, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.18, 45.95, 26.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.18, 53.27, 30.38°)
OKLab	oklab(48.47% 0.1341 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(48.47% 0.148 25)
XYZ	xyz(16.5970, 10.1867, 3.9974)
Luminance	0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23231 #31A1A2

analogous

#A23169 #A23231 #A26B31

triadic

#A23231 #31A232 #3231A2

tetradic

#A23231 #69A231 #31A1A2 #6B31A2

square

#A23231 #69A231 #31A1A2 #6B31A2

split-complementary

#A23231 #31A26B #3169A2

monochromatic

#441515 #732323 #A23231 #C84A48 #D67877

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A23231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A23231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23231

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23231	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)

#514B30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21233

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.148 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57169',
    500: '#a23231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23231;
$custom-light: #c57169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.531,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48473,
    "c": 0.14797,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.10184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23231

secondary

#71BEBE

accent

#DCDD4B

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23231

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

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