#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
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 32)
HSL	hsl(12, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(12, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.44, 41.24, 38.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.44, 56.11, 42.70°)
OKLab	oklab(49.36% 0.1159 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(49.36% 0.142 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7268, 10.9160, 2.5924)
Luminance	0.1091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##A23B20	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)

#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

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

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