#A23B2F#A23B2F

#A23B2F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.139 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B2F
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 47)
HSL	hsl(6, 55%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 71%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 71%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.61, 41.90, 29.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.61, 51.44, 35.45°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.121 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.139 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9791, 11.0169, 3.9212)
Luminance	0.1101 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B2F #2F96A2

analogous

#A22F5C #A23B2F #A2742F

triadic

#A23B2F #2FA23B #3B2FA2

tetradic

#A23B2F #5CA22F #2F96A2 #742FA2

square

#A23B2F #5CA22F #2F96A2 #742FA2

split-complementary

#A23B2F #2FA274 #2F5CA2

monochromatic

#431813 #732A21 #A23B2F #C95345 #D77F75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.56

#A23B2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23B2F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B2F

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B2F	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)

#574F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22339

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.139 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47668',
    500: '#a23b2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b2f;
$custom-light: #c47668;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.261,
    "s": 55.024,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49539,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11015
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B2F

secondary

#6EB6BF

accent

#CFDE49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B2F

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

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