#A23D27#A23D27

#A23D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.139 H 33.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D27
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 39)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.86, 40.58, 34.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.86, 53.40, 40.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.7% 0.1152 0.0774)
OKLCH	oklch(49.7% 0.139 33.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9370, 11.1677, 3.1828)
Luminance	0.1116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D27 #278CA2

analogous

#A2274E #A23D27 #A27B27

triadic

#A23D27 #27A23D #3D27A2

tetradic

#A23D27 #4EA227 #278CA2 #7B27A2

square

#A23D27 #4EA227 #278CA2 #7B27A2

split-complementary

#A23D27 #27A27B #274EA2

monochromatic

#3F180F #712A1B #A23D27 #CF5237 #DB7D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.50

#A23D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A23D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D27

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D27	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)

#595024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726624

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.139 33.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57762',
    500: '#a23d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d27;
$custom-light: #c57762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.732,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49698,
    "c": 0.13881,
    "h": 33.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D27

secondary

#64B0C1

accent

#C8E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D27

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

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