#A23520#A23520

#A23520 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.148 H 32.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23520
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 32)
HSL	hsl(10, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.44, 43.93, 37.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.44, 57.46, 40.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.6% 0.1242 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(48.6% 0.148 32.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4360, 10.3343, 2.4955)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23520 #208DA2

analogous

#A2204C #A23520 #A27620

triadic

#A23520 #20A235 #3520A2

tetradic

#A23520 #4CA220 #208DA2 #7620A2

square

#A23520 #4CA220 #208DA2 #7620A2

split-complementary

#A23520 #20A276 #204CA2

monochromatic

#3C140C #6F2416 #A23520 #D5462A #DF725D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A23520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23520

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23520	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31431

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.148 32.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6725d',
    500: '#a23520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23520;
$custom-light: #c6725d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.692,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48602,
    "c": 0.14805,
    "h": 32.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23520

secondary

#5AB2C3

accent

#CEEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23520

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

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