#A23C2E#A23C2E

#A23C2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.138 H 30.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C2E
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 46)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.77, 41.39, 30.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.77, 51.47, 36.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.66% 0.1192 0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(49.66% 0.138 30.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0111, 11.1127, 3.8334)
Luminance	0.1111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C2E #2E94A2

analogous

#A22E5A #A23C2E #A2762E

triadic

#A23C2E #2EA23C #3C2EA2

tetradic

#A23C2E #5AA22E #2E94A2 #762EA2

square

#A23C2E #5AA22E #2E94A2 #762EA2

split-complementary

#A23C2E #2EA276 #2E5AA2

monochromatic

#431913 #722A20 #A23C2E #CA5443 #D77F73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.52

#A23C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23C2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C2E

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C2E	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)

#58502C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22439

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.138 30.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47667',
    500: '#a23c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c2e;
$custom-light: #c47667;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.241,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49656,
    "c": 0.13821,
    "h": 30.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1111
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C2E

secondary

#6DB5BF

accent

#CDDF49

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C2E

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

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