#A23D2C#A23D2C

#A23D2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.138 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D2C
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.92, 40.82, 31.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.92, 51.83, 38.04°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.117 0.0725)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.138 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0254, 11.2031, 3.6483)
Luminance	0.1120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D2C #2C91A2

analogous

#A22C56 #A23D2C #A2782C

triadic

#A23D2C #2CA23D #3D2CA2

tetradic

#A23D2C #56A22C #2C91A2 #782CA2

square

#A23D2C #56A22C #2C91A2 #782CA2

split-complementary

#A23D2C #2CA278 #2C56A2

monochromatic

#421912 #722B1F #A23D2C #CB5440 #D87F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A23D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23D2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D2C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D2C	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)

#59502A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726629

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2253A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.138 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47766',
    500: '#a23d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d2c;
$custom-light: #c47766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.644,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49761,
    "c": 0.13762,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D2C

secondary

#6AB3BF

accent

#CAE147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D2C

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

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