#A23A28#A23A28

#A23A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.142 H 32.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A28
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.35, 42.02, 33.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.35, 53.79, 38.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.32% 0.1199 0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(49.32% 0.142 32.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7982, 10.8631, 3.2193)
Luminance	0.1086 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A28 #2890A2

analogous

#A22853 #A23A28 #A27728

triadic

#A23A28 #28A23A #3A28A2

tetradic

#A23A28 #53A228 #2890A2 #7728A2

square

#A23A28 #53A228 #2890A2 #7728A2

split-complementary

#A23A28 #28A277 #2853A2

monochromatic

#401710 #71281C #A23A28 #CE4F39 #DA7B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#A23A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A23A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A28

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A28	1.00	6.62	3.17	6.62
#FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.17	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.62	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716525

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.142 32.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57563',
    500: '#a23a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a28;
$custom-light: #c57563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.852,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49315,
    "c": 0.14154,
    "h": 32.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10861
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A28

secondary

#65B3C1

accent

#CCE444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A28

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

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