#A23528#A23528

#A23528 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.146 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23528
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 40)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.52, 44.24, 32.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.52, 55.00, 36.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.1268 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.146 30)
XYZ	xyz(16.5582, 10.3832, 3.1393)
Luminance	0.1038 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23528 #2895A2

analogous

#A22858 #A23528 #A27228

triadic

#A23528 #28A235 #3528A2

tetradic

#A23528 #58A228 #2895A2 #7228A2

square

#A23528 #58A228 #2895A2 #7228A2

split-complementary

#A23528 #28A272 #2858A2

monochromatic

#401510 #71251C #A23528 #CE4939 #DA766A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A23528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23528 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23528

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23528	1.00	6.83	3.08	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6424

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.146 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57263',
    500: '#a23528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23528;
$custom-light: #c57263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.393,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48693,
    "c": 0.14647,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23528

secondary

#65B7C1

accent

#D3E444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23528

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

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