#A23938#A23938

#A23938 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.140 H 24.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23938
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 56)
HSL	hsl(1, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(1, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 43.34, 24.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 49.62, 29.15°)
OKLab	oklab(49.43% 0.1273 0.0573)
OKLCH	oklch(49.43% 0.14 24.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0789, 10.8955, 4.9443)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23938 #38A1A2

analogous

#A2386C #A23938 #A26E38

triadic

#A23938 #38A239 #3938A2

tetradic

#A23938 #6CA238 #38A1A2 #6E38A2

square

#A23938 #6CA238 #38A1A2 #6E38A2

split-complementary

#A23938 #38A26E #386CA2

monochromatic

#471919 #752928 #A23938 #C45553 #D38281

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23938 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23938

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23938	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554F37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6535

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2213A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.140 24.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4756e',
    500: '#a23938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23938;
$custom-light: #c4756e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.566,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49429,
    "c": 0.13961,
    "h": 24.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23938

secondary

#79BCBD

accent

#D7D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23938

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

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