#A23D21#A23D21

#A23D21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.140 H 36.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D21
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 33)
HSL	hsl(13, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(13, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 79.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.80, 40.34, 37.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.80, 55.34, 43.20°)
OKLab	oklab(49.63% 0.1133 0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(49.63% 0.14 36.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8454, 11.1310, 2.7000)
Luminance	0.1113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D21 #2186A2

analogous

#A22145 #A23D21 #A27D21

triadic

#A23D21 #21A23D #3D21A2

tetradic

#A23D21 #45A221 #2186A2 #7D21A2

square

#A23D21 #45A221 #2186A2 #7D21A2

split-complementary

#A23D21 #21A27D #2145A2

monochromatic

#3C170C #6F2A17 #A23D21 #D4512C #DE7B5F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A23D21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A23D21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D21

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D21	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)

#59501D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.140 36.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5775e',
    500: '#a23d21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d21;
$custom-light: #c5775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.023,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49632,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 36.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11129
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D21

secondary

#5CADC3

accent

#C4E93F

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D21

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

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