#A23336#A23336

#A23336 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.146 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23336
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 54)
HSL	hsl(358, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 66.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.41, 45.82, 24.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.41, 51.80, 27.80°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1348 0.0571)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.146 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7517, 10.3178, 4.5987)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23336 #33A29F

analogous

#A2336E #A23336 #A26833

triadic

#A23336 #36A233 #3336A2

tetradic

#A23336 #6EA233 #33A29F #6833A2

square

#A23336 #6EA233 #33A29F #6833A2

split-complementary

#A23336 #33A268 #336EA2

monochromatic

#451617 #732426 #A23336 #C74C4F #D57A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A23336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A23336 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23336

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23336	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514B35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21635

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.146 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726d',
    500: '#a23336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23336;
$custom-light: #c4726d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.378,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48671,
    "c": 0.14634,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23336

secondary

#73BEBC

accent

#DCD84C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23336

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

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