#A23B2D#A23B2D

#A23B2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.139 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B2D
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 45)
HSL	hsl(7, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.58, 41.80, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.58, 52.02, 36.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.1202 0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.139 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9397, 11.0011, 3.7135)
Luminance	0.1100 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B2D #2D94A2

analogous

#A22D5A #A23B2D #A2752D

triadic

#A23B2D #2DA23B #3B2DA2

tetradic

#A23B2D #5AA22D #2D94A2 #752DA2

square

#A23B2D #5AA22D #2D94A2 #752DA2

split-complementary

#A23B2D #2DA275 #2D5AA2

monochromatic

#421812 #722A20 #A23B2D #CA5242 #D87E72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A23B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23B2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B2D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B2D	1.00	6.56	3.20	6.56
#FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#574F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22238

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.139 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57666',
    500: '#a23b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b2d;
$custom-light: #c57666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.179,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49511,
    "c": 0.13944,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10999
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B2D

secondary

#6CB5BF

accent

#CEE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B2D

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

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