#A23621#A23621

#A23621 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.147 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23621
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 33)
HSL	hsl(10, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(10, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.61, 43.53, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.61, 56.92, 40.12°)
OKLab	oklab(48.73% 0.1232 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(48.73% 0.147 33)
XYZ	xyz(16.4958, 10.4319, 2.5835)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23621 #218DA2

analogous

#A2214D #A23621 #A27621

triadic

#A23621 #21A236 #3621A2

tetradic

#A23621 #4DA221 #218DA2 #7621A2

square

#A23621 #4DA221 #218DA2 #7621A2

split-complementary

#A23621 #21A276 #214DA2

monochromatic

#3C140C #6F2517 #A23621 #D4472C #DE745F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23621 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23621

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23621	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#554C1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31632

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.147 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6735e',
    500: '#a23621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23621;
$custom-light: #c6735e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.767,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48733,
    "c": 0.1469,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.1043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23621

secondary

#5CB2C3

accent

#CDE93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23621

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

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