#A23E20#A23E20

#A23E20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.140 H 36.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E20
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 32)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.97, 39.83, 38.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.97, 55.45, 44.09°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1116 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.14 36.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8855, 11.2333, 2.6453)
Luminance	0.1123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E20 #2084A2

analogous

#A22043 #A23E20 #A27F20

triadic

#A23E20 #20A23E #3E20A2

tetradic

#A23E20 #43A220 #2084A2 #7F20A2

square

#A23E20 #43A220 #2084A2 #7F20A2

split-complementary

#A23E20 #20A27F #2043A2

monochromatic

#3C170C #6F2A16 #A23E20 #D5522A #DF7B5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A23E20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23E20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E20

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E20	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)

#5A501C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.140 36.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5775e',
    500: '#a23e20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e20;
$custom-light: #c5775e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.846,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49758,
    "c": 0.13957,
    "h": 36.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11231
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E20

secondary

#5AABC3

accent

#C2EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E20

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

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