#A23828#A23828

#A23828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.144 H 31.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23828
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 40)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 42.93, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 54.28, 37.73°)
OKLab	oklab(49.06% 0.1227 0.0744)
OKLCH	oklch(49.06% 0.144 31.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6993, 10.6653, 3.1864)
Luminance	0.1066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23828 #2892A2

analogous

#A22855 #A23828 #A27528

triadic

#A23828 #28A238 #3828A2

tetradic

#A23828 #55A228 #2892A2 #7528A2

square

#A23828 #55A228 #2892A2 #7528A2

split-complementary

#A23828 #28A275 #2855A2

monochromatic

#401610 #71271C #A23828 #CE4D39 #DA796A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#A23828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23828

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23828	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706524

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21C35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.144 31.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57463',
    500: '#a23828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23828;
$custom-light: #c57463;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.869,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49061,
    "c": 0.14352,
    "h": 31.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23828

secondary

#65B5C1

accent

#CFE444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23828

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

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