#A23B28#A23B28

#A23B28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.141 H 32.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B28
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 40)
HSL	hsl(9, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.52, 41.56, 33.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.52, 53.55, 39.10°)
OKLab	oklab(49.45% 0.1185 0.0756)
OKLCH	oklch(49.45% 0.141 32.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8491, 10.9649, 3.2363)
Luminance	0.1096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B28 #288FA2

analogous

#A22852 #A23B28 #A27828

triadic

#A23B28 #28A23B #3B28A2

tetradic

#A23B28 #52A228 #288FA2 #7828A2

square

#A23B28 #52A228 #288FA2 #7828A2

split-complementary

#A23B28 #28A278 #2852A2

monochromatic

#401710 #71291C #A23B28 #CE5039 #DA7C6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.58

#A23B28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.19

#A23B28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B28

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B28	1.00	6.58	3.19	6.58
#FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.19	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#584F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22137

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.141 32.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57663',
    500: '#a23b28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b28;
$custom-light: #c57663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.344,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49445,
    "c": 0.14055,
    "h": 32.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B28

secondary

#65B2C1

accent

#CBE444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B28

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

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