#A23E38#A23E38

#A23E38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.134 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E38
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 56)
HSL	hsl(3, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(3, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 65.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.27, 41.03, 25.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.27, 48.17, 31.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50.08% 0.12 0.0598)
OKLCH	oklch(50.08% 0.134 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3384, 11.4145, 5.0308)
Luminance	0.1141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E38 #389CA2

analogous

#A23867 #A23E38 #A27338

triadic

#A23E38 #38A23E #3E38A2

tetradic

#A23E38 #67A238 #389CA2 #7338A2

square

#A23E38 #67A238 #389CA2 #7338A2

split-complementary

#A23E38 #38A273 #3867A2

monochromatic

#471B19 #752D28 #A23E38 #C45A53 #D38681

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#A23E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23E38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E38

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E38	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585137

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2293D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.134 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4786e',
    500: '#a23e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e38;
$custom-light: #c4786e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.396,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5008,
    "c": 0.13408,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11412
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E38

secondary

#79B9BD

accent

#D0D850

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEC

border

#D2C8C7

text

#140907

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E38

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

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