#A23D26#A23D26

#A23D26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.139 H 34.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D26
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 38)
HSL	hsl(11, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.85, 40.54, 35.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.85, 53.72, 41.00°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% 0.1149 0.0783)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.139 34.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9207, 11.1612, 3.0967)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D26 #268BA2

analogous

#A2264D #A23D26 #A27B26

triadic

#A23D26 #26A23D #3D26A2

tetradic

#A23D26 #4DA226 #268BA2 #7B26A2

square

#A23D26 #4DA226 #268BA2 #7B26A2

split-complementary

#A23D26 #26A27B #264DA2

monochromatic

#3F180F #702A1A #A23D26 #D05235 #DB7D67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#A23D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A23D26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D26

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D26	1.00	6.50	3.23	6.50
#FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.50	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595023

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726623

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22438

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.139 34.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57762',
    500: '#a23d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d26;
$custom-light: #c57762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.129,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49686,
    "c": 0.13905,
    "h": 34.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11159
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D26

secondary

#63B0C1

accent

#C7E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D26

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

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