#A23932#A23932

#A23932 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.141 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23932
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 50)
HSL	hsl(4, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(4, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 69.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.31, 42.98, 27.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.31, 51.13, 32.80°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.125 0.0643)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.141 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9409, 10.8403, 4.2173)
Luminance	0.1084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23932 #329BA2

analogous

#A23263 #A23932 #A27132

triadic

#A23932 #32A239 #3932A2

tetradic

#A23932 #63A232 #329BA2 #7132A2

square

#A23932 #63A232 #329BA2 #7132A2

split-complementary

#A23932 #32A271 #3263A2

monochromatic

#441815 #732924 #A23932 #C7524A #D67F79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.63

#A23932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A23932 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23932

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23932	1.00	6.63	3.17	6.63
#FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70652F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22038

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.141 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4756a',
    500: '#a23932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23932;
$custom-light: #c4756a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.75,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49328,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10838
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23932

secondary

#72B9BE

accent

#D3DC4C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23932

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

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