#A23525#A23525

#A23525 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.147 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23525
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 37)
HSL	hsl(8, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.49, 44.12, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.49, 55.91, 37.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.66% 0.1258 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(48.66% 0.147 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5092, 10.3636, 2.8810)
Luminance	0.1036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23525 #2592A2

analogous

#A22554 #A23525 #A27425

triadic

#A23525 #25A235 #3525A2

tetradic

#A23525 #54A225 #2592A2 #7425A2

square

#A23525 #54A225 #2592A2 #7425A2

split-complementary

#A23525 #25A274 #2554A2

monochromatic

#3E140E #70251A #A23525 #D14834 #DC7565

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A23525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23525 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23525

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23525	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)

#544B22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6321

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.147 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57260',
    500: '#a23525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23525;
$custom-light: #c57260;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.68,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48657,
    "c": 0.14705,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23525

secondary

#61B5C2

accent

#D1E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23525

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

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