#A23C2B#A23C2B

#A23C2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.139 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C2B
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 41.24, 32.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 52.38, 38.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.61% 0.1181 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(49.61% 0.139 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9540, 11.0899, 3.5328)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C2B #2B91A2

analogous

#A22B56 #A23C2B #A2772B

triadic

#A23C2B #2BA23C #3C2BA2

tetradic

#A23C2B #56A22B #2B91A2 #772BA2

square

#A23C2B #56A22B #2B91A2 #772BA2

split-complementary

#A23C2B #2BA277 #2B56A2

monochromatic

#411811 #722A1E #A23C2B #CC533E #D97E6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A23C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23C2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C2B

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C2B	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#585029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.139 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57665',
    500: '#a23c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c2b;
$custom-light: #c57665;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.571,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49615,
    "c": 0.13887,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11088
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C2B

secondary

#69B3C0

accent

#CBE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C2B

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

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