#A23A2C#A23A2C

#A23A2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.141 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A2C
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 44)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(7, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.40, 42.21, 31.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.40, 52.57, 36.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.37% 0.1213 0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(49.37% 0.141 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8697, 10.8917, 3.5964)
Luminance	0.1089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A2C #2C94A2

analogous

#A22C59 #A23A2C #A2752C

triadic

#A23A2C #2CA23A #3A2CA2

tetradic

#A23A2C #59A22C #2C94A2 #752CA2

square

#A23A2C #59A22C #2C94A2 #752CA2

split-complementary

#A23A2C #2CA275 #2C59A2

monochromatic

#421812 #72291F #A23A2C #CB5140 #D87D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23A2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23A2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A2C

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A2C	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)

#574E2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706529

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22037

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.141 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57566',
    500: '#a23a2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a2c;
$custom-light: #c57566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.119,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49368,
    "c": 0.14068,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A2C

secondary

#6AB5BF

accent

#CEE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A2C

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

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