#A23923#A23923

#A23923 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.144 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23923
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 35)
HSL	hsl(10, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(10, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.12, 42.27, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.12, 55.60, 40.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% 0.1197 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.144 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.6686, 10.7314, 2.7834)
Luminance	0.1073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23923 #238CA2

analogous

#A2234C #A23923 #A27823

triadic

#A23923 #23A239 #3923A2

tetradic

#A23923 #4CA223 #238CA2 #7823A2

square

#A23923 #4CA223 #238CA2 #7823A2

split-complementary

#A23923 #23A278 #234CA2

monochromatic

#3D160D #702718 #A23923 #D24C30 #DD7862

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A23923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.15

#A23923 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23923

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23923	1.00	6.68	3.15	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.15	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21D35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.144 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5745f',
    500: '#a23923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23923;
$custom-light: #c5745f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.394,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49129,
    "c": 0.14362,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23923

secondary

#5EB1C2

accent

#CBE740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23923

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

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