#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
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 40)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.87, 40.63, 34.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.87, 53.08, 40.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.71% 0.1156 0.0765)
OKLCH	oklch(49.71% 0.139 33.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9538, 11.1744, 3.2712)
Luminance	0.1117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##A23D28	1.00	6.49	3.23	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

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

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