#A23523#A23523

#A23523 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.147 H 31.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23523
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 35)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.47, 44.04, 35.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.47, 56.53, 38.83°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1252 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.147 31.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4786, 10.3514, 2.7201)
Luminance	0.1035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23523 #2390A2

analogous

#A22350 #A23523 #A27423

triadic

#A23523 #23A235 #3523A2

tetradic

#A23523 #50A223 #2390A2 #7423A2

square

#A23523 #50A223 #2390A2 #7423A2

split-complementary

#A23523 #23A274 #2350A2

monochromatic

#3D140D #702518 #A23523 #D24730 #DD7462

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A23523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23523 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23523

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23523	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#544B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F631F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21532

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.147 31.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6725f',
    500: '#a23523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23523;
$custom-light: #c6725f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.504,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48634,
    "c": 0.14745,
    "h": 31.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10349
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23523

secondary

#5EB4C2

accent

#D0E740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23523

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

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