#A23428#A23428

#A23428 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.147 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23428
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 40)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.36, 44.67, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.36, 55.24, 36.04°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.1282 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.147 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5131, 10.2930, 3.1243)
Luminance	0.1029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23428 #2896A2

analogous

#A22859 #A23428 #A27128

triadic

#A23428 #28A234 #3428A2

tetradic

#A23428 #59A228 #2896A2 #7128A2

square

#A23428 #59A228 #2896A2 #7128A2

split-complementary

#A23428 #28A271 #2859A2

monochromatic

#401410 #71241C #A23428 #CE4839 #DA756A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#A23428 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A23428 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23428

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23428	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23428	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534B26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6324

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23428;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.147 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57263',
    500: '#a23428',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23428;
$custom-light: #c57263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23428",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.902,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48575,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10291
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23428

secondary

#65B8C1

accent

#D4E444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23428

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

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