#A23623#A23623

#A23623 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.146 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23623
RGB	rgb(162, 54, 35)
HSL	hsl(9, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(9, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66.7%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 43.60, 35.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 56.29, 39.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.76% 0.1238 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(48.76% 0.146 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.5247, 10.4435, 2.7355)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23623 #238FA2

analogous

#A2234F #A23623 #A27523

triadic

#A23623 #23A236 #3623A2

tetradic

#A23623 #4FA223 #238FA2 #7523A2

square

#A23623 #4FA223 #238FA2 #7523A2

split-complementary

#A23623 #23A275 #234FA2

monochromatic

#3D140D #702518 #A23623 #D24830 #DD7562

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23623 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23623

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23623	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)

#554C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21732

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 54, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.146 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5735f',
    500: '#a23623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23623;
$custom-light: #c5735f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 54,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.976,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48755,
    "c": 0.14649,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23623

secondary

#5EB3C2

accent

#CEE740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23623

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

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