#A23833#A23833

#A23833 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.141 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23833
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 51)
HSL	hsl(3, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(3, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 68.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.16, 43.49, 26.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.16, 51.14, 31.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.22% 0.1268 0.0628)
OKLCH	oklch(49.22% 0.141 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9137, 10.7511, 4.3159)
Luminance	0.1075 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23833 #339DA2

analogous

#A23366 #A23833 #A27033

triadic

#A23833 #33A238 #3833A2

tetradic

#A23833 #66A233 #339DA2 #7033A2

square

#A23833 #66A233 #339DA2 #7033A2

split-complementary

#A23833 #33A270 #3366A2

monochromatic

#451816 #732824 #A23833 #C7514C #D57E7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.67

#A23833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A23833 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23833

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23833	1.00	6.67	3.15	6.67
#FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6530

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21F38

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.141 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4746b',
    500: '#a23833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23833;
$custom-light: #c4746b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.703,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49219,
    "c": 0.14145,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23833

secondary

#73BABE

accent

#D5DC4C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23833

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

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