#A23E22#A23E22

#A23E22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.139 H 36.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E22
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 34)
HSL	hsl(13, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(13, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.99, 39.90, 37.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.99, 54.79, 43.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.1122 0.0822)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.139 36.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9135, 11.2445, 2.7929)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E22 #2286A2

analogous

#A22246 #A23E22 #A27E22

triadic

#A23E22 #22A23E #3E22A2

tetradic

#A23E22 #46A222 #2286A2 #7E22A2

square

#A23E22 #46A222 #2286A2 #7E22A2

split-complementary

#A23E22 #22A27E #2246A2

monochromatic

#3D170D #6F2B17 #A23E22 #D3522E #DE7C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A23E22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23E22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E22

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E22	1.00	6.46	3.25	6.46
#FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.46	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A501E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22538

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.139 36.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5775f',
    500: '#a23e22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e22;
$custom-light: #c5775f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.125,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49778,
    "c": 0.13908,
    "h": 36.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E22

secondary

#5DACC3

accent

#C3E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E22

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

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