#A23421#A23421

#A23421 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.149 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23421
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 33)
HSL	hsl(9, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(9, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, 44.39, 36.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 57.38, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.49% 0.1259 0.0793)
OKLCH	oklch(48.49% 0.149 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4047, 10.2496, 2.5531)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23421 #218FA2

analogous

#A2214E #A23421 #A27421

triadic

#A23421 #21A234 #3421A2

tetradic

#A23421 #4EA221 #218FA2 #7421A2

square

#A23421 #4EA221 #218FA2 #7421A2

split-complementary

#A23421 #21A274 #214EA2

monochromatic

#3C130C #6F2417 #A23421 #D4452C #DE725F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A23421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23421

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23421	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31230

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.149 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6725e',
    500: '#a23421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23421;
$custom-light: #c6725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.837,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48493,
    "c": 0.14879,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10247
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23421

secondary

#5CB4C3

accent

#D0E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23421

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

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