#A23439#A23439

#A23439 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.145 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23439
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 57)
HSL	hsl(357, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(357, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 64.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.61, 45.59, 22.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.61, 50.86, 26.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.84% 0.1346 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(48.84% 0.145 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8685, 10.4351, 4.9960)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23439 #34A29D

analogous

#A23470 #A23439 #A26634

triadic

#A23439 #39A234 #3439A2

tetradic

#A23439 #70A234 #34A29D #6634A2

square

#A23439 #70A234 #34A29D #6634A2

split-complementary

#A23439 #34A266 #3470A2

monochromatic

#451618 #742529 #A23439 #C64D53 #D57C80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23439 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23439 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23439

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23439	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23439	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514C38

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21937

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23439;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.145 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4726f',
    500: '#a23439',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23439;
$custom-light: #c4726f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23439",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48841,
    "c": 0.14498,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23439

secondary

#74BEBA

accent

#DBD44D

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140807

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23439

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

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