#A23A2E#A23A2E

#A23A2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.140 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A2E
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 46)
HSL	hsl(6, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.42, 42.31, 30.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.42, 51.99, 35.52°)
OKLab	oklab(49.4% 0.122 0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(49.4% 0.14 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9083, 10.9071, 3.7992)
Luminance	0.1090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A2E #2E96A2

analogous

#A22E5C #A23A2E #A2742E

triadic

#A23A2E #2EA23A #3A2EA2

tetradic

#A23A2E #5CA22E #2E96A2 #742EA2

square

#A23A2E #5CA22E #2E96A2 #742EA2

split-complementary

#A23A2E #2EA274 #2E5CA2

monochromatic

#431813 #722920 #A23A2E #CA5143 #D77D73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60

#A23A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23A2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A2E

6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A2E	1.00	6.60	3.18	6.60
#FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.60	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#564F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70652B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22138

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.140 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57567',
    500: '#a23a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a2e;
$custom-light: #c57567;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.207,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49396,
    "c": 0.14026,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A2E

secondary

#6DB6BF

accent

#D0DF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A2E

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

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