#A23C2D#A23C2D

#A23C2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.138 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C2D
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 45)
HSL	hsl(8, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.76, 41.34, 31.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.76, 51.77, 37.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1188 0.0711)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.138 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9916, 11.1049, 3.7308)
Luminance	0.1110 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C2D #2D93A2

analogous

#A22D59 #A23C2D #A2762D

triadic

#A23C2D #2DA23C #3C2DA2

tetradic

#A23C2D #59A22D #2D93A2 #762DA2

square

#A23C2D #59A22D #2D93A2 #762DA2

split-complementary

#A23C2D #2DA276 #2D59A2

monochromatic

#421912 #722A20 #A23C2D #CA5342 #D87F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A23C2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23C2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C2D

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C2D	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)

#58502B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.138 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47666',
    500: '#a23c2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c2d;
$custom-light: #c47666;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.692,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49642,
    "c": 0.13842,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11103
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C2D

secondary

#6CB4BF

accent

#CCE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C2D

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

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