#A23C28#A23C28

#A23C28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.140 H 33.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C28
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 40)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.70, 41.10, 33.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.70, 53.32, 39.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% 0.117 0.076)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.14 33)
XYZ	xyz(16.9010, 11.0687, 3.2536)
Luminance	0.1107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C28 #288EA2

analogous

#A22851 #A23C28 #A27928

triadic

#A23C28 #28A23C #3C28A2

tetradic

#A23C28 #51A228 #288EA2 #7928A2

square

#A23C28 #51A228 #288EA2 #7928A2

split-complementary

#A23C28 #28A279 #2851A2

monochromatic

#401810 #712A1C #A23C28 #CE5239 #DA7D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A23C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23C28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C28

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C28	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)

#584F25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726625

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22338

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.140 33.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57663',
    500: '#a23c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c28;
$custom-light: #c57663;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.836,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49577,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 33
  },
  "luminance": 0.11066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C28

secondary

#65B2C1

accent

#C9E444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C28

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

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