#A23822#A23822

#A23822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.145 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23822
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 34)
HSL	hsl(10, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(10, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.95, 42.68, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.95, 56.15, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.99% 0.1208 0.0799)
OKLCH	oklch(48.99% 0.145 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6050, 10.6276, 2.6900)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23822 #228CA2

analogous

#A2224C #A23822 #A27822

triadic

#A23822 #22A238 #3822A2

tetradic

#A23822 #4CA222 #228CA2 #7822A2

square

#A23822 #4CA222 #228CA2 #7822A2

split-complementary

#A23822 #22A278 #224CA2

monochromatic

#3D150D #6F2717 #A23822 #D34A2E #DE7661

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A23822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23822

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23822	1.00	6.72	3.13	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.145 33.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5745f',
    500: '#a23822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23822;
$custom-light: #c5745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.313,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48992,
    "c": 0.14479,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23822

secondary

#5DB1C3

accent

#CBE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23822

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

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