#A23524#A23524

#A23524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.147 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23524
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 36)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.48, 44.08, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.48, 56.22, 38.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1255 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.147 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4937, 10.3574, 2.7994)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23524 #2491A2

analogous

#A22452 #A23524 #A27424

triadic

#A23524 #24A235 #3524A2

tetradic

#A23524 #52A224 #2491A2 #7424A2

square

#A23524 #52A224 #2491A2 #7424A2

split-complementary

#A23524 #24A274 #2452A2

monochromatic

#3E140E #702519 #A23524 #D14732 #DD7464

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A23524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23524

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23524	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6320

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.147 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57260',
    500: '#a23524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23524;
$custom-light: #c57260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.095,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48645,
    "c": 0.14725,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23524

secondary

#60B5C2

accent

#D0E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23524

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

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