#A23321#A23321

#A23321 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.150 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23321
RGB	rgb(162, 51, 33)
HSL	hsl(8, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 68.5%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.13, 44.81, 36.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.13, 57.61, 38.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1272 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.15 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.3605, 10.1613, 2.5384)
Luminance	0.1016 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23321 #2190A2

analogous

#A2214F #A23321 #A27321

triadic

#A23321 #21A233 #3321A2

tetradic

#A23321 #4FA221 #2190A2 #7321A2

square

#A23321 #4FA221 #2190A2 #7321A2

split-complementary

#A23321 #21A273 #214FA2

monochromatic

#3C130C #6F2317 #A23321 #D4442C #DE715F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#A23321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A23321 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23321

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23321	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#534A1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B30F30

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 51, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.150 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6715e',
    500: '#a23321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23321;
$custom-light: #c6715e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 51,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.372,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48376,
    "c": 0.14972,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23321

secondary

#5CB5C3

accent

#D1E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23321

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

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