#A23422#A23422

#A23422 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.149 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23422
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 34)
HSL	hsl(8, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(8, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.30, 44.43, 35.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.30, 57.07, 38.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.5% 0.1262 0.0785)
OKLCH	oklch(48.5% 0.149 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4189, 10.2553, 2.6280)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23422 #2290A2

analogous

#A22250 #A23422 #A27422

triadic

#A23422 #22A234 #3422A2

tetradic

#A23422 #50A222 #2290A2 #7422A2

square

#A23422 #50A222 #2290A2 #7422A2

split-complementary

#A23422 #22A274 #2250A2

monochromatic

#3D140D #6F2417 #A23422 #D3452E #DE7261

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A23422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23422

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23422	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.149 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6725e',
    500: '#a23422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23422;
$custom-light: #c6725e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.438,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48504,
    "c": 0.14859,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23422

secondary

#5DB4C3

accent

#D1E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23422

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

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