#A23222#A23222

#A23222 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.150 H 31.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23222
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.99, 45.27, 35.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.99, 57.53, 38.10°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1288 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.15 31.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3315, 10.0805, 2.5989)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23222 #2292A2

analogous

#A22252 #A23222 #A27222

triadic

#A23222 #22A232 #3222A2

tetradic

#A23222 #52A222 #2292A2 #7222A2

square

#A23222 #52A222 #2292A2 #7222A2

split-complementary

#A23222 #22A272 #2252A2

monochromatic

#3D130D #6F2217 #A23222 #D3432E #DE7061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A23222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23222

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23222	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.150 31.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6715e',
    500: '#a23222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23222;
$custom-light: #c6715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.5,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48271,
    "c": 0.15046,
    "h": 31.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10078
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23222

secondary

#5DB6C3

accent

#D3E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23222

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

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