#A23826#A23826

#A23826 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.144 H 32.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23826
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 38)
HSL	hsl(9, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.99, 42.84, 34.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.99, 54.89, 38.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.04% 0.122 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(49.04% 0.144 32)
XYZ	xyz(16.6661, 10.6521, 3.0118)
Luminance	0.1065 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23826 #2690A2

analogous

#A22652 #A23826 #A27626

triadic

#A23826 #26A238 #3826A2

tetradic

#A23826 #52A226 #2690A2 #7626A2

square

#A23826 #52A226 #2690A2 #7626A2

split-complementary

#A23826 #26A276 #2652A2

monochromatic

#3F160F #70271A #A23826 #D04C35 #DB7867

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.71

#A23826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23826 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23826

6.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23826	1.00	6.71	3.13	6.71
#FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706422

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21C34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.144 32.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57461',
    500: '#a23826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23826;
$custom-light: #c57461;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.71,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49037,
    "c": 0.14394,
    "h": 32
  },
  "luminance": 0.1065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23826

secondary

#63B4C1

accent

#CEE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23826

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

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