#A23239#A23239

#A23239 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.147 H 21.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23239
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 57)
HSL	hsl(356, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(356, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.31, 46.42, 22.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.31, 51.44, 25.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.61% 0.1373 0.0529)
OKLCH	oklch(48.61% 0.147 21.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7811, 10.2604, 4.9669)
Luminance	0.1026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23239 #32A29B

analogous

#A23271 #A23239 #A26332

triadic

#A23239 #39A232 #3239A2

tetradic

#A23239 #71A232 #32A29B #6332A2

square

#A23239 #71A232 #32A29B #6332A2

split-complementary

#A23239 #32A263 #3271A2

monochromatic

#441518 #732429 #A23239 #C74A52 #D6797F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A23239 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23239 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23239

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23239	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23239	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504B38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21535

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23239;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.147 21.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4716f',
    500: '#a23239',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23239;
$custom-light: #c4716f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23239",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.25,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48612,
    "c": 0.14712,
    "h": 21.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23239

secondary

#72BEB9

accent

#DCD34C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23239

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

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