#A23A20#A23A20

#A23A20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.143 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A20
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.27, 41.70, 37.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.27, 56.33, 42.25°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% 0.1173 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.143 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6759, 10.8142, 2.5755)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A20 #2088A2

analogous

#A22047 #A23A20 #A27B20

triadic

#A23A20 #20A23A #3A20A2

tetradic

#A23A20 #47A220 #2088A2 #7B20A2

square

#A23A20 #47A220 #2088A2 #7B20A2

split-complementary

#A23A20 #20A27B #2047A2

monochromatic

#3C150C #6F2816 #A23A20 #D54C2A #DF775D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A23A20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23A20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A20

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A20	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21E35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.143 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5755d',
    500: '#a23a20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a20;
$custom-light: #c5755d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49226,
    "c": 0.14334,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10812
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A20

secondary

#5AAEC3

accent

#C8EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A20

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

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