#A23B23#A23B23

#A23B23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.142 H 34.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A23B23
RGBrgb(162, 59, 35)
HSLhsl(11, 64%, 39%)
HSVhsv(11, 78%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 63.6%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(39.47, 41.35, 36.48)
CIE-LCHlch(39.47, 55.14, 41.42°)
OKLaboklab(49.39% 0.1168 0.0802)
OKLCHoklch(49.39% 0.142 34.5)
XYZxyz(16.7695, 10.9330, 2.8170)
Luminance0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A23B23 #238AA2
analogous
#A2234A #A23B23 #A27A23
triadic
#A23B23 #23A23B #3B23A2
tetradic
#A23B23 #4AA223 #238AA2 #7A23A2
square
#A23B23 #4AA223 #238AA2 #7A23A2
split-complementary
#A23B23 #23A27A #234AA2
monochromatic
#3D160D #702918 #A23B23 #D24F30 #DD7962

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.59
#A23B23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19
#A23B23 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B23
6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A23B23#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A23B231.006.593.196.59
#FFFFFF6.591.0021.001.00
#0000003.1921.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.591.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#584F20
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#71651F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B22136
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a23b23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.142 34.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5755f',
    500: '#a23b23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a23b23;
$custom-light: #c5755f;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a23b23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.339,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49388,
    "c": 0.1417,
    "h": 34.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A23B23
secondary
#5EAFC2
accent
#C8E740
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEDE9
border
#D3C8C5
text
#140905
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B23

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#A23B23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva