#A23339#A23339

#A23339 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.146 H 21.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23339
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.46, 46.01, 22.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.46, 51.15, 25.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.1359 0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.146 21.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8243, 10.3468, 4.9813)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23339 #33A29C

analogous

#A23371 #A23339 #A26533

triadic

#A23339 #39A233 #3339A2

tetradic

#A23339 #71A233 #33A29C #6533A2

square

#A23339 #71A233 #33A29C #6533A2

split-complementary

#A23339 #33A265 #3371A2

monochromatic

#451618 #732429 #A23339 #C74C52 #D57A7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A23339 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23339 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23339

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23339	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23339	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21736

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23339;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.146 21.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726f',
    500: '#a23339',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23339;
$custom-light: #c4726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23339",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.757,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48726,
    "c": 0.14605,
    "h": 21.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23339

secondary

#73BEBA

accent

#DCD44C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23339

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

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