#A23B2C#A23B2C

#A23B2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B2C
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.57, 41.75, 31.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.57, 52.32, 37.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.1199 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.14 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9207, 10.9935, 3.6134)
Luminance	0.1099 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B2C #2C93A2

analogous

#A22C58 #A23B2C #A2762C

triadic

#A23B2C #2CA23B #3B2CA2

tetradic

#A23B2C #58A22C #2C93A2 #762CA2

square

#A23B2C #58A22C #2C93A2 #762CA2

split-complementary

#A23B2C #2CA276 #2C58A2

monochromatic

#421812 #72291F #A23B2C #CB5240 #D87D70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A23B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23B2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B2C

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B2C	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)

#574F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57666',
    500: '#a23b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b2c;
$custom-light: #c57666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.627,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49497,
    "c": 0.13966,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B2C

secondary

#6AB5BF

accent

#CDE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B2C

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

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