#A23B22#A23B22

#A23B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.142 H 34.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B22
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.46, 41.31, 37.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.46, 55.46, 41.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.38% 0.1165 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(49.38% 0.142 34.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7548, 10.9272, 2.7400)
Luminance	0.1092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B22 #2289A2

analogous

#A22249 #A23B22 #A27B22

triadic

#A23B22 #22A23B #3B22A2

tetradic

#A23B22 #49A222 #2289A2 #7B22A2

square

#A23B22 #49A222 #2289A2 #7B22A2

split-complementary

#A23B22 #22A27B #2249A2

monochromatic

#3D160D #6F2917 #A23B22 #D34E2E #DE7961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59

#A23B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A23B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B22

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B22	1.00	6.59	3.19	6.59
#FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72651E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22036

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.142 34.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5755f',
    500: '#a23b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b22;
$custom-light: #c5755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.719,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49377,
    "c": 0.14193,
    "h": 34.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B22

secondary

#5DAFC3

accent

#C7E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B22

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

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