#A23D2E#A23D2E

#A23D2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.137 H 30.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D2E
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.95, 40.92, 30.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.95, 51.22, 36.98°)
OKLab	oklab(49.79% 0.1177 0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(49.79% 0.137 30.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0639, 11.2185, 3.8511)
Luminance	0.1122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D2E #2E93A2

analogous

#A22E59 #A23D2E #A2772E

triadic

#A23D2E #2EA23D #3D2EA2

tetradic

#A23D2E #59A22E #2E93A2 #772EA2

square

#A23D2E #59A22E #2E93A2 #772EA2

split-complementary

#A23D2E #2EA277 #2E59A2

monochromatic

#431913 #722B20 #A23D2E #CA5543 #D78073

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.48

#A23D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23D2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D2E

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D2E	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)

#58502C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.137 30.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47767',
    500: '#a23d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d2e;
$custom-light: #c47767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 7.759,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49789,
    "c": 0.13717,
    "h": 30.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11216
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D2E

secondary

#6DB4BF

accent

#CCDF49

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D2E

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

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