#A23D28#A23D28

#A23D28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.139 H 33.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A23D28
RGBrgb(162, 61, 40)
HSLhsl(10, 60%, 40%)
HSVhsv(10, 75%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 62.3%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(39.87, 40.63, 34.16)
CIE-LCHlch(39.87, 53.08, 40.06°)
OKLaboklab(49.71% 0.1156 0.0765)
OKLCHoklch(49.71% 0.139 33.5)
XYZxyz(16.9538, 11.1744, 3.2712)
Luminance0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A23D28 #288DA2
analogous
#A22850 #A23D28 #A27A28
triadic
#A23D28 #28A23D #3D28A2
tetradic
#A23D28 #50A228 #288DA2 #7A28A2
square
#A23D28 #50A228 #288DA2 #7A28A2
split-complementary
#A23D28 #28A27A #2850A2
monochromatic
#401810 #712B1C #A23D28 #CE5339 #DA7D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49
#A23D28 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23
#A23D28 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D28
6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A23D28#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A23D281.006.493.236.49
#FFFFFF6.491.0021.001.00
#0000003.2321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.491.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#595025
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#726625
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B22539
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a23d28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.139 33.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57763',
    500: '#a23d28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a23d28;
$custom-light: #c57763;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a23d28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.328,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4971,
    "c": 0.13857,
    "h": 33.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11172
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A23D28
secondary
#65B1C1
accent
#C8E444
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEDEA
border
#D3C8C6
text
#140905
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D28

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#A23D28 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva