#A23D31#A23D31

#A23D31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.137 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D31
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 49)
HSL	hsl(6, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(6, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 41.08, 29.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 50.34, 35.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1188 0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.137 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1251, 11.2430, 4.1735)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D31 #3196A2

analogous

#A2315E #A23D31 #A27631

triadic

#A23D31 #31A23D #3D31A2

tetradic

#A23D31 #5EA231 #3196A2 #7631A2

square

#A23D31 #5EA231 #3196A2 #7631A2

split-complementary

#A23D31 #31A276 #315EA2

monochromatic

#441A15 #732B23 #A23D31 #C85648 #D68177

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A23D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23D31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D31

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D31	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#58502F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71662E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2263B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.137 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47769',
    500: '#a23d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d31;
$custom-light: #c47769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.372,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49833,
    "c": 0.13652,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D31

secondary

#71B6BE

accent

#CDDD4B

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D31

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

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