#A23C38#A23C38

#A23C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.136 H 25.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C38
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 56)
HSL	hsl(2, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(2, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 41.97, 24.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 48.75, 30.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% 0.123 0.0588)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.136 25.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2316, 11.2009, 4.9952)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C38 #389EA2

analogous

#A23869 #A23C38 #A27138

triadic

#A23C38 #38A23C #3C38A2

tetradic

#A23C38 #69A238 #389EA2 #7138A2

square

#A23C38 #69A238 #389EA2 #7138A2

split-complementary

#A23C38 #38A271 #3869A2

monochromatic

#471A19 #752B28 #A23C38 #C45853 #D38481

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A23C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C38

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C38	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575037

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2263C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.136 25.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4766e',
    500: '#a23c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c38;
$custom-light: #c4766e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.264,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49814,
    "c": 0.1363,
    "h": 25.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11199
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C38

secondary

#79BABD

accent

#D3D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C38

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

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