#A23C2C#A23C2C

#A23C2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.139 H 31.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C2C
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 44)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(8, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.74, 41.29, 31.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.74, 52.07, 37.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.1184 0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.139 31.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9725, 11.0973, 3.6306)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C2C #2C92A2

analogous

#A22C57 #A23C2C #A2772C

triadic

#A23C2C #2CA23C #3C2CA2

tetradic

#A23C2C #57A22C #2C92A2 #772CA2

square

#A23C2C #57A22C #2C92A2 #772CA2

split-complementary

#A23C2C #2CA277 #2C57A2

monochromatic

#421812 #722A1F #A23C2C #CB5340 #D87E70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A23C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23C2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C2C

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C2C	1.00	6.52	3.22	6.52
#FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.52	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.139 31.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57666',
    500: '#a23c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c2c;
$custom-light: #c57666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.136,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49628,
    "c": 0.13864,
    "h": 31.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C2C

secondary

#6AB4BF

accent

#CCE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C2C

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

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