#A23530#A23530

#A23530 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.145 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23530
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 48)
HSL	hsl(3, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(3, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 70.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 44.63, 28.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 52.73, 32.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.81% 0.1298 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(48.81% 0.145 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7087, 10.4434, 3.9317)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23530 #309DA2

analogous

#A23064 #A23530 #A26E30

triadic

#A23530 #30A235 #3530A2

tetradic

#A23530 #64A230 #309DA2 #6E30A2

square

#A23530 #64A230 #309DA2 #6E30A2

split-complementary

#A23530 #30A26E #3064A2

monochromatic

#441614 #732622 #A23530 #C84C47 #D67A76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23530 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23530

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23530	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E642D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21835

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.145 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57268',
    500: '#a23530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23530;
$custom-light: #c57268;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.632,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48806,
    "c": 0.14506,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23530

secondary

#6FBBBE

accent

#D7DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23530

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

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