#A23C24#A23C24

#A23C24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.141 H 34.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C24
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 36)
HSL	hsl(11, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.65, 40.93, 36.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.65, 54.59, 41.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% 0.1157 0.0797)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.141 34.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8364, 11.0428, 2.9137)
Luminance	0.1104 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C24 #248AA2

analogous

#A2244B #A23C24 #A27B24

triadic

#A23C24 #24A23C #3C24A2

tetradic

#A23C24 #4BA224 #248AA2 #7B24A2

square

#A23C24 #4BA224 #248AA2 #7B24A2

split-complementary

#A23C24 #24A27B #244BA2

monochromatic

#3E170E #702919 #A23C24 #D15032 #DD7B64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.55

#A23C24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23C24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C24

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C24	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)

#594F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726620

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22237

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.141 34.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57660',
    500: '#a23c24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c24;
$custom-light: #c57660;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.429,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4953,
    "c": 0.1405,
    "h": 34.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1104
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C24

secondary

#60AFC2

accent

#C7E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C24

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

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