#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
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 35)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.47, 41.35, 36.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.47, 55.14, 41.42°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% 0.1168 0.0802)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.142 34.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7695, 10.9330, 2.8170)
Luminance	0.1093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##A23B23	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)

#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

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

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