#A23221#A23221

#A23221 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.151 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23221
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.98, 45.23, 36.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.98, 57.83, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.1285 0.0786)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.151 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3173, 10.0748, 2.5240)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23221 #2191A2

analogous

#A22150 #A23221 #A27221

triadic

#A23221 #21A232 #3221A2

tetradic

#A23221 #50A221 #2191A2 #7221A2

square

#A23221 #50A221 #2191A2 #7221A2

split-complementary

#A23221 #21A272 #2150A2

monochromatic

#3C130C #6F2217 #A23221 #D4422C #DE705F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A23221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A23221 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23221

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23221	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.151 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6715e',
    500: '#a23221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23221;
$custom-light: #c6715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.907,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4826,
    "c": 0.15065,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23221

secondary

#5CB5C3

accent

#D3E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23221

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

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