#A23223#A23223

#A23223 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.150 H 30.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23223
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 35)
HSL	hsl(7, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(7, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 45.31, 34.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 57.22, 37.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1291 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.15 30.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3461, 10.0864, 2.6759)
Luminance	0.1008 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23223 #2393A2

analogous

#A22353 #A23223 #A27123

triadic

#A23223 #23A232 #3223A2

tetradic

#A23223 #53A223 #2393A2 #7123A2

square

#A23223 #53A223 #2393A2 #7123A2

split-complementary

#A23223 #23A271 #2353A2

monochromatic

#3D130D #702218 #A23223 #D24330 #DD7162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A23223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A23223 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23223

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23223	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)

#524A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30C2F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.150 30.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6715f',
    500: '#a23223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23223;
$custom-light: #c6715f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.087,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48282,
    "c": 0.15028,
    "h": 30.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23223

secondary

#5EB7C2

accent

#D4E740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23223

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

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