#A23D38#A23D38

#A23D38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.135 H 26.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D38
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.09, 41.50, 25.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.09, 48.46, 31.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.1215 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.135 26)
XYZ	xyz(17.2845, 11.3067, 5.0129)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D38 #389DA2

analogous

#A23868 #A23D38 #A27238

triadic

#A23D38 #38A23D #3D38A2

tetradic

#A23D38 #68A238 #389DA2 #7238A2

square

#A23D38 #68A238 #389DA2 #7238A2

split-complementary

#A23D38 #38A272 #3868A2

monochromatic

#471B19 #752C28 #A23D38 #C45953 #D38581

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A23D38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23D38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D38

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D38	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.135 26.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4776e',
    500: '#a23d38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d38;
$custom-light: #c4776e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.83,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49946,
    "c": 0.13519,
    "h": 26
  },
  "luminance": 0.11304
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D38

secondary

#79BABD

accent

#D2D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D38

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

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