#A23A29#A23A29

#A23A29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.141 H 31.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A29
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 41)
HSL	hsl(8, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.36, 42.07, 33.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.36, 53.48, 38.14°)
OKLab	oklab(49.33% 0.1203 0.0743)
OKLCH	oklch(49.33% 0.141 31.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8154, 10.8700, 3.3101)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A29 #2991A2

analogous

#A22954 #A23A29 #A27729

triadic

#A23A29 #29A23A #3A29A2

tetradic

#A23A29 #54A229 #2991A2 #7729A2

square

#A23A29 #54A229 #2991A2 #7729A2

split-complementary

#A23A29 #29A277 #2954A2

monochromatic

#401710 #71291D #A23A29 #CD4F3B #DA7B6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.62

#A23A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.17

#A23A29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A29

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A29	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)

#574E27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716526

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.141 31.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57563',
    500: '#a23a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a29;
$custom-light: #c57563;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.43,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49328,
    "c": 0.14133,
    "h": 31.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10868
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A29

secondary

#67B4C0

accent

#CDE345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A29

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

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