#A23424#A23424

#A23424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.148 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23424
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.32, 44.51, 34.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.32, 56.45, 37.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1268 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.148 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4486, 10.2672, 2.7844)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23424 #2492A2

analogous

#A22453 #A23424 #A27324

triadic

#A23424 #24A234 #3424A2

tetradic

#A23424 #53A224 #2492A2 #7324A2

square

#A23424 #53A224 #2492A2 #7324A2

split-complementary

#A23424 #24A273 #2453A2

monochromatic

#3E140E #702419 #A23424 #D14632 #DD7364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A23424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23424

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23424	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)

#534B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.148 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57260',
    500: '#a23424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23424;
$custom-light: #c57260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.619,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48526,
    "c": 0.1482,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23424

secondary

#60B5C2

accent

#D2E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23424

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

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