#A23C21#A23C21

#A23C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.141 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C21
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.62, 40.81, 37.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.62, 55.56, 42.74°)
OKLab	oklab(49.5% 0.1148 0.0823)
OKLCH	oklch(49.5% 0.141 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7925, 11.0253, 2.6824)
Luminance	0.1102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C21 #2187A2

analogous

#A22146 #A23C21 #A27C21

triadic

#A23C21 #21A23C #3C21A2

tetradic

#A23C21 #46A221 #2187A2 #7C21A2

square

#A23C21 #46A221 #2187A2 #7C21A2

split-complementary

#A23C21 #21A27C #2146A2

monochromatic

#3C160C #6F2917 #A23C21 #D44F2C #DE7A5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A23C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C21

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C21	1.00	6.55	3.20	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.141 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5765e',
    500: '#a23c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c21;
$custom-light: #c5765e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.558,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49499,
    "c": 0.14121,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C21

secondary

#5CADC3

accent

#C5E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C21

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

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