#A23338#A23338

#A23338 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.146 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23338
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 56)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.44, 45.94, 22.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.44, 51.36, 26.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1356 0.0546)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.146 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7996, 10.3369, 4.8512)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23338 #33A29D

analogous

#A23370 #A23338 #A26633

triadic

#A23338 #38A233 #3338A2

tetradic

#A23338 #70A233 #33A29D #6633A2

square

#A23338 #70A233 #33A29D #6633A2

split-complementary

#A23338 #33A266 #3370A2

monochromatic

#451618 #732428 #A23338 #C74C51 #D57A7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A23338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23338 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23338

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23338	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.146 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726e',
    500: '#a23338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23338;
$custom-light: #c4726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.297,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48707,
    "c": 0.14614,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10335
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23338

secondary

#73BEBA

accent

#DCD54C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23338

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

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