#A23529#A23529

#A23529 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.146 H 29.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23529
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 41)
HSL	hsl(6, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(6, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.53, 44.29, 32.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.53, 54.70, 35.94°)
OKLab	oklab(48.71% 0.1272 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(48.71% 0.146 29.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5754, 10.3901, 3.2301)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23529 #2996A2

analogous

#A2295A #A23529 #A27129

triadic

#A23529 #29A235 #3529A2

tetradic

#A23529 #5AA229 #2996A2 #7129A2

square

#A23529 #5AA229 #2996A2 #7129A2

split-complementary

#A23529 #29A271 #295AA2

monochromatic

#401510 #71251D #A23529 #CD493B #DA776C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A23529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23529 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23529

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23529	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6425

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21633

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.146 29.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57263',
    500: '#a23529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23529;
$custom-light: #c57263;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.95,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48706,
    "c": 0.14628,
    "h": 29.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23529

secondary

#67B7C0

accent

#D3E345

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23529

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

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