#A23A2B#A23A2B

#A23A2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.141 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A2B
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 43)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 42.16, 31.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 52.87, 37.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.35% 0.121 0.0723)
OKLCH	oklch(49.35% 0.141 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8512, 10.8843, 3.4986)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A2B #2B93A2

analogous

#A22B57 #A23A2B #A2752B

triadic

#A23A2B #2BA23A #3A2BA2

tetradic

#A23A2B #57A22B #2B93A2 #752BA2

square

#A23A2B #57A22B #2B93A2 #752BA2

split-complementary

#A23A2B #2BA275 #2B57A2

monochromatic

#411711 #72291E #A23A2B #CC503E #D97C6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A2B

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A2B	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)

#574E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716528

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.141 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57565',
    500: '#a23a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a2b;
$custom-light: #c57565;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.563,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49354,
    "c": 0.14089,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A2B

secondary

#69B5C0

accent

#CEE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A2B

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

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