#A23429#A23429

#A23429 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.147 H 29.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23429
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 41)
HSL	hsl(5, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(5, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.38, 44.72, 31.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.38, 54.95, 35.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1285 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.147 29.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5303, 10.2999, 3.2150)
Luminance	0.1030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23429 #2997A2

analogous

#A2295A #A23429 #A27129

triadic

#A23429 #29A234 #3429A2

tetradic

#A23429 #5AA229 #2997A2 #7129A2

square

#A23429 #5AA229 #2997A2 #7129A2

split-complementary

#A23429 #29A271 #295AA2

monochromatic

#401510 #71241D #A23429 #CD483B #DA766C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#A23429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#A23429 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23429

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23429	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)

#534B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21432

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.147 29.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57263',
    500: '#a23429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23429;
$custom-light: #c57263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.455,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48588,
    "c": 0.14726,
    "h": 29.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23429

secondary

#67B8C0

accent

#D4E345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23429

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

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