#A23438#A23438

#A23438 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.145 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23438
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 56)
HSL	hsl(358, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(358, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.60, 45.52, 23.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.60, 51.07, 26.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.1342 0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.145 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8438, 10.4253, 4.8659)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23438 #34A29E

analogous

#A2346F #A23438 #A26734

triadic

#A23438 #38A234 #3438A2

tetradic

#A23438 #6FA234 #34A29E #6734A2

square

#A23438 #6FA234 #34A29E #6734A2

split-complementary

#A23438 #34A267 #346FA2

monochromatic

#451618 #742528 #A23438 #C64D52 #D57C7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A23438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23438 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23438

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23438	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21936

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.145 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726e',
    500: '#a23438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23438;
$custom-light: #c4726e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.818,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48823,
    "c": 0.14507,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23438

secondary

#74BEBB

accent

#DBD64D

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23438

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

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