#A23121#A23121

#A23121 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.152 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23121
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 33)
HSL	hsl(7, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.83, 45.65, 35.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.83, 58.06, 38.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1298 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.152 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2750, 9.9903, 2.5099)
Luminance	0.0999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23121 #2192A2

analogous

#A22151 #A23121 #A27121

triadic

#A23121 #21A231 #3121A2

tetradic

#A23121 #51A221 #2192A2 #7121A2

square

#A23121 #51A221 #2192A2 #7121A2

split-complementary

#A23121 #21A271 #2151A2

monochromatic

#3C120C #6F2217 #A23121 #D4412C #DE6F5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A23121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A23121 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23121

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23121	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#52491E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3082E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.152 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6705e',
    500: '#a23121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23121;
$custom-light: #c6705e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.442,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48147,
    "c": 0.15157,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23121

secondary

#5CB6C3

accent

#D4E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23121

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

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