#A23830#A23830

#A23830 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.142 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23830
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 48)
HSL	hsl(4, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(4, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 70.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.11, 43.32, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.11, 51.94, 33.49°)
OKLab	oklab(49.17% 0.1256 0.0661)
OKLCH	oklch(49.17% 0.142 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8497, 10.7255, 3.9787)
Luminance	0.1072 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23830 #309AA2

analogous

#A23061 #A23830 #A27130

triadic

#A23830 #30A238 #3830A2

tetradic

#A23830 #61A230 #309AA2 #7130A2

square

#A23830 #61A230 #309AA2 #7130A2

split-complementary

#A23830 #30A271 #3061A2

monochromatic

#441714 #732822 #A23830 #C85047 #D67D76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A23830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A23830 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23830

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23830	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F652D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21E37

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.142 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47468',
    500: '#a23830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23830;
$custom-light: #c47468;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.211,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49172,
    "c": 0.14195,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23830

secondary

#6FB9BE

accent

#D3DE4A

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23830

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →