#A23A22#A23A22

#A23A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.143 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A22
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 34)
HSL	hsl(11, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(11, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.28, 41.77, 36.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.28, 55.69, 41.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.25% 0.1179 0.0807)
OKLCH	oklch(49.25% 0.143 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.7039, 10.8254, 2.7230)
Luminance	0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A22 #228AA2

analogous

#A2224A #A23A22 #A27A22

triadic

#A23A22 #22A23A #3A22A2

tetradic

#A23A22 #4AA222 #228AA2 #7A22A2

square

#A23A22 #4AA222 #228AA2 #7A22A2

split-complementary

#A23A22 #22A27A #224AA2

monochromatic

#3D160D #6F2817 #A23A22 #D34D2E #DE7861

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A23A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A22

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A22	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)

#574E1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B21F35

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.143 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5755f',
    500: '#a23a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a22;
$custom-light: #c5755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.25,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49247,
    "c": 0.14288,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10823
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A22

secondary

#5DB0C3

accent

#C9E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A22

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

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