#A23823#A23823

#A23823 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.145 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23823
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.96, 42.72, 35.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.96, 55.83, 40.08°)
OKLab	oklab(49% 0.1211 0.079)
OKLCH	oklch(49% 0.145 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6197, 10.6335, 2.7671)
Luminance	0.1063 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23823 #238DA2

analogous

#A2234D #A23823 #A27723

triadic

#A23823 #23A238 #3823A2

tetradic

#A23823 #4DA223 #238DA2 #7723A2

square

#A23823 #4DA223 #238DA2 #7723A2

split-complementary

#A23823 #23A277 #234DA2

monochromatic

#3D150D #702718 #A23823 #D24B30 #DD7762

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A23823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#A23823 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23823

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23823	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)

#564D20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70641F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21B34

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.145 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5745f',
    500: '#a23823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23823;
$custom-light: #c5745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.921,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49002,
    "c": 0.14458,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23823

secondary

#5EB2C2

accent

#CCE740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23823

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

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