#A23A2D#A23A2D

#A23A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.140 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A2D
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 45)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.41, 42.26, 30.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.41, 52.28, 36.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.1217 0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.14 30)
XYZ	xyz(16.8888, 10.8993, 3.6966)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A2D #2D95A2

analogous

#A22D5A #A23A2D #A2752D

triadic

#A23A2D #2DA23A #3A2DA2

tetradic

#A23A2D #5AA22D #2D95A2 #752DA2

square

#A23A2D #5AA22D #2D95A2 #752DA2

split-complementary

#A23A2D #2DA275 #2D5AA2

monochromatic

#421812 #722920 #A23A2D #CA5142 #D87D72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A2D

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A2D	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)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70652A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.140 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57566',
    500: '#a23a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a2d;
$custom-light: #c57566;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.667,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49381,
    "c": 0.14047,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.10897
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A2D

secondary

#6CB6BF

accent

#CFE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A2D

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

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