#A23720#A23720

#A23720 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.146 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23720
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 32)
HSL	hsl(11, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(11, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.76, 43.05, 37.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.76, 57.01, 40.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.85% 0.1215 0.0812)
OKLCH	oklch(48.85% 0.146 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5290, 10.5205, 2.5265)
Luminance	0.1052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23720 #208BA2

analogous

#A2204A #A23720 #A27820

triadic

#A23720 #20A237 #3720A2

tetradic

#A23720 #4AA220 #208BA2 #7820A2

square

#A23720 #4AA220 #208BA2 #7820A2

split-complementary

#A23720 #20A278 #204AA2

monochromatic

#3C140C #6F2616 #A23720 #D5482A #DF745D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.77

#A23720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.10

#A23720 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23720

6.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23720	1.00	6.77	3.10	6.77
#FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564C1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B31833

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.146 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6735d',
    500: '#a23720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23720;
$custom-light: #c6735d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.615,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48846,
    "c": 0.14616,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23720

secondary

#5AB1C3

accent

#CBEA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23720

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

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