#A23C30#A23C30

#A23C30 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.138 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C30
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 48)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 70.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 41.49, 29.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 50.89, 35.38°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1199 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.138 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0514, 11.1288, 4.0459)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C30 #3096A2

analogous

#A2305D #A23C30 #A27530

triadic

#A23C30 #30A23C #3C30A2

tetradic

#A23C30 #5DA230 #3096A2 #7530A2

square

#A23C30 #5DA230 #3096A2 #7530A2

split-complementary

#A23C30 #30A275 #305DA2

monochromatic

#441914 #732B22 #A23C30 #C85447 #D68076

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A23C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A23C30 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C30

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C30	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.138 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47669',
    500: '#a23c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c30;
$custom-light: #c47669;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.316,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49685,
    "c": 0.13778,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C30

secondary

#6FB6BE

accent

#CEDE4A

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C30

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

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