#A23C25#A23C25

#A23C25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.140 H 34.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C25
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 37)
HSL	hsl(11, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.66, 40.97, 35.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.66, 54.27, 40.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% 0.116 0.0788)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.14 34.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8519, 11.0490, 2.9952)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C25 #258BA2

analogous

#A2254D #A23C25 #A27B25

triadic

#A23C25 #25A23C #3C25A2

tetradic

#A23C25 #4DA225 #258BA2 #7B25A2

square

#A23C25 #4DA225 #258BA2 #7B25A2

split-complementary

#A23C25 #25A27B #254DA2

monochromatic

#3E170E #702A1A #A23C25 #D15134 #DC7B65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A23C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23C25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C25

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C25	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#594F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726621

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.140 34.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57661',
    500: '#a23c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c25;
$custom-light: #c57661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.04,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49542,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 34.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11047
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C25

secondary

#61B0C2

accent

#C8E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C25

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

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