#A23C23#A23C23

#A23C23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.141 H 34.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C23
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.64, 40.88, 36.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.64, 54.91, 41.88°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% 0.1154 0.0806)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.141 34.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8213, 11.0368, 2.8343)
Luminance	0.1103 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C23 #2389A2

analogous

#A22349 #A23C23 #A27B23

triadic

#A23C23 #23A23C #3C23A2

tetradic

#A23C23 #49A223 #2389A2 #7B23A2

square

#A23C23 #49A223 #2389A2 #7B23A2

split-complementary

#A23C23 #23A27B #2349A2

monochromatic

#3D170D #702918 #A23C23 #D25030 #DD7A62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A23C23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23C23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C23

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C23	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)

#594F20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.141 34.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5765f',
    500: '#a23c23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c23;
$custom-light: #c5765f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.811,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49519,
    "c": 0.14074,
    "h": 34.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11034
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C23

secondary

#5EAFC2

accent

#C7E740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C23

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

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