#A23526#A23526

#A23526 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.147 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23526
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 38)
HSL	hsl(7, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(7, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 44.16, 33.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 55.61, 37.43°)
OKLab	oklab(48.67% 0.1262 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(48.67% 0.147 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5251, 10.3699, 2.9648)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23526 #2693A2

analogous

#A22655 #A23526 #A27326

triadic

#A23526 #26A235 #3526A2

tetradic

#A23526 #55A226 #2693A2 #7326A2

square

#A23526 #55A226 #2693A2 #7326A2

split-complementary

#A23526 #26A273 #2655A2

monochromatic

#3F150F #70251A #A23526 #D04835 #DB7567

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A23526 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23526 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23526

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23526	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23526	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23526;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.147 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57261',
    500: '#a23526',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23526;
$custom-light: #c57261;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23526",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.258,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48669,
    "c": 0.14686,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23526

secondary

#63B6C1

accent

#D1E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23526

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

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