#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
RGBrgb(162, 58, 34)
HSLhsl(11, 65%, 38%)
HSVhsv(11, 79%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 64.2%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(39.28, 41.77, 36.83)
CIE-LCHlch(39.28, 55.69, 41.40°)
OKLaboklab(49.25% 0.1179 0.0807)
OKLCHoklch(49.25% 0.143 34.4)
XYZxyz(16.7039, 10.8254, 2.7230)
Luminance0.1082 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

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
##A23A221.006.643.166.64
#FFFFFF6.641.0021.001.00
#0000003.1621.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.641.0021.001.00

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

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#A23A22 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva