#A23C26#A23C26

#A23C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.140 H 33.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C26
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 38)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.67, 41.01, 35.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.67, 53.95, 40.53°)
OKLab	oklab(49.55% 0.1164 0.0779)
OKLCH	oklch(49.55% 0.14 33.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8678, 11.0554, 3.0790)
Luminance	0.1105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C26 #268CA2

analogous

#A2264E #A23C26 #A27A26

triadic

#A23C26 #26A23C #3C26A2

tetradic

#A23C26 #4EA226 #268CA2 #7A26A2

square

#A23C26 #4EA226 #268CA2 #7A26A2

split-complementary

#A23C26 #26A27A #264EA2

monochromatic

#3F170F #702A1A #A23C26 #D05135 #DB7C67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A23C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C26

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C26	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)

#584F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.140 33.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57661',
    500: '#a23c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c26;
$custom-light: #c57661;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.645,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49553,
    "c": 0.14003,
    "h": 33.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C26

secondary

#63B0C1

accent

#C8E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C26

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

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