#A23D2A#A23D2A

#A23D2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.138 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D2A
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 42)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 40.72, 33.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 52.45, 39.07°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.1163 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.138 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9887, 11.1884, 3.4550)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D2A #2A8FA2

analogous

#A22A53 #A23D2A #A2792A

triadic

#A23D2A #2AA23D #3D2AA2

tetradic

#A23D2A #53A22A #2A8FA2 #792AA2

square

#A23D2A #53A22A #2A8FA2 #792AA2

split-complementary

#A23D2A #2AA279 #2A53A2

monochromatic

#411811 #712B1D #A23D2A #CD533D #D97E6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#A23D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23D2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D2A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D2A	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726627

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.138 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57764',
    500: '#a23d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d2a;
$custom-light: #c57764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49735,
    "c": 0.1381,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D2A

secondary

#68B2C0

accent

#C9E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D2A

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

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