#A23B2B#A23B2B

#A23B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B2B
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 43)
HSL	hsl(8, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.56, 41.70, 32.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.56, 52.63, 37.59°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1195 0.0727)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.14 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9021, 10.9861, 3.5155)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B2B #2B92A2

analogous

#A22B57 #A23B2B #A2762B

triadic

#A23B2B #2BA23B #3B2BA2

tetradic

#A23B2B #57A22B #2B92A2 #762BA2

square

#A23B2B #57A22B #2B92A2 #762BA2

split-complementary

#A23B2B #2BA276 #2B57A2

monochromatic

#411811 #72291E #A23B2B #CC513E #D97D6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A23B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B2B

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B2B	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57665',
    500: '#a23b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b2b;
$custom-light: #c57665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.067,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49484,
    "c": 0.13988,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10984
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B2B

secondary

#69B4C0

accent

#CCE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B2B

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

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