#A23B20#A23B20

#A23B20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.142 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A23B20
RGBrgb(162, 59, 32)
HSLhsl(12, 67%, 38%)
HSVhsv(12, 80%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.6%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(39.44, 41.24, 38.05)
CIE-LCHlch(39.44, 56.11, 42.70°)
OKLaboklab(49.36% 0.1159 0.0827)
OKLCHoklch(49.36% 0.142 35.5)
XYZxyz(16.7268, 10.9160, 2.5924)
Luminance0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A23B20 #2087A2
analogous
#A22046 #A23B20 #A27C20
triadic
#A23B20 #20A23B #3B20A2
tetradic
#A23B20 #46A220 #2087A2 #7C20A2
square
#A23B20 #46A220 #2087A2 #7C20A2
split-complementary
#A23B20 #20A27C #2046A2
monochromatic
#3C160C #6F2816 #A23B20 #D54E2A #DF785D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.60
#A23B20 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18
#A23B20 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B20
6.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A23B20#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A23B201.006.603.186.60
#FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00
#0000003.1821.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.601.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#584F1C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#72651C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B22036
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a23b20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.142 35.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5755d',
    500: '#a23b20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a23b20;
$custom-light: #c5755d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a23b20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.462,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49357,
    "c": 0.1424,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A23B20
secondary
#5AAEC3
accent
#C6EA3E
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEDE9
border
#D3C8C5
text
#140904
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B20

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#A23B20 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva