#A23A2A#A23A2A

#A23A2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.141 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A2A
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 42)
HSL	hsl(8, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.37, 42.11, 32.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.37, 53.18, 37.63°)
OKLab	oklab(49.34% 0.1206 0.0733)
OKLCH	oklch(49.34% 0.141 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8331, 10.8770, 3.4031)
Luminance	0.1087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A2A #2A92A2

analogous

#A22A56 #A23A2A #A2762A

triadic

#A23A2A #2AA23A #3A2AA2

tetradic

#A23A2A #56A22A #2A92A2 #762AA2

square

#A23A2A #56A22A #2A92A2 #762AA2

split-complementary

#A23A2A #2AA276 #2A56A2

monochromatic

#411711 #71291D #A23A2A #CD503D #D97C6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23A2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A2A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A2A	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574E28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716527

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.141 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57564',
    500: '#a23a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a2a;
$custom-light: #c57564;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49341,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A2A

secondary

#68B4C0

accent

#CDE246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A2A

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

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