#A23D23#A23D23

#A23D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.140 H 35.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D23
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 35)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.82, 40.41, 36.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.82, 54.69, 42.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% 0.1139 0.081)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.14 35.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8742, 11.1426, 2.8520)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D23 #2388A2

analogous

#A22349 #A23D23 #A27C23

triadic

#A23D23 #23A23D #3D23A2

tetradic

#A23D23 #49A223 #2388A2 #7C23A2

square

#A23D23 #49A223 #2388A2 #7C23A2

split-complementary

#A23D23 #23A27C #2349A2

monochromatic

#3D170D #702A18 #A23D23 #D25130 #DD7B62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A23D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A23D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D23

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D23	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)

#59501F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72661F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.140 35.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57760',
    500: '#a23d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d23;
$custom-light: #c57760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.283,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49653,
    "c": 0.13978,
    "h": 35.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1114
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D23

secondary

#5EAEC2

accent

#C5E740

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D23

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

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