#A23D2B#A23D2B

#A23D2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.138 H 32.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D2B
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 43)
HSL	hsl(9, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.91, 40.77, 32.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.91, 52.14, 38.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% 0.1166 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.138 32.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0069, 11.1956, 3.5505)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D2B #2B90A2

analogous

#A22B54 #A23D2B #A2792B

triadic

#A23D2B #2BA23D #3D2BA2

tetradic

#A23D2B #54A22B #2B90A2 #792BA2

square

#A23D2B #54A22B #2B90A2 #792BA2

split-complementary

#A23D2B #2BA279 #2B54A2

monochromatic

#411911 #722B1E #A23D2B #CC543E #D97F6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A23D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23D2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D2B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D2B	1.00	6.48	3.24	6.48
#FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.48	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595029

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726628

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22539

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.138 32.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57765',
    500: '#a23d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d2b;
$custom-light: #c57765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.076,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49748,
    "c": 0.13786,
    "h": 32.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D2B

secondary

#69B3C0

accent

#CAE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D2B

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

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