#A23C22#A23C22

#A23C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.141 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C22
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 34)
HSL	hsl(12, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(12, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.63, 40.85, 37.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.63, 55.24, 42.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.1151 0.0814)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.141 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8067, 11.0310, 2.7573)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C22 #2288A2

analogous

#A22248 #A23C22 #A27C22

triadic

#A23C22 #22A23C #3C22A2

tetradic

#A23C22 #48A222 #2288A2 #7C22A2

square

#A23C22 #48A222 #2288A2 #7C22A2

split-complementary

#A23C22 #22A27C #2248A2

monochromatic

#3D170D #6F2917 #A23C22 #D3502E #DE7A61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A23C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C22

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C22	1.00	6.55	3.21	6.55
#FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.55	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.141 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5765f',
    500: '#a23c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c22;
$custom-light: #c5765f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.188,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49509,
    "c": 0.14098,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C22

secondary

#5DAEC3

accent

#C6E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C22

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

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