#A23423#A23423

#A23423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.148 H 31.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23423
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 35)
HSL	hsl(8, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(8, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.31, 44.47, 35.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.31, 56.76, 38.42°)
OKLab	oklab(48.52% 0.1265 0.0776)
OKLCH	oklch(48.52% 0.148 31.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4335, 10.2611, 2.7051)
Luminance	0.1026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23423 #2391A2

analogous

#A22352 #A23423 #A27323

triadic

#A23423 #23A234 #3423A2

tetradic

#A23423 #52A223 #2391A2 #7323A2

square

#A23423 #52A223 #2391A2 #7323A2

split-complementary

#A23423 #23A273 #2352A2

monochromatic

#3D140D #702418 #A23423 #D24630 #DD7362

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A23423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23423

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23423	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)

#544B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31231

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.148 31.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6725f',
    500: '#a23423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23423;
$custom-light: #c6725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.031,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48515,
    "c": 0.1484,
    "h": 31.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23423

secondary

#5EB5C2

accent

#D1E740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23423

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

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