#A23E23#A23E23

#A23E23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.139 H 35.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A23E23
RGBrgb(162, 62, 35)
HSLhsl(13, 64%, 39%)
HSVhsv(13, 78%, 64%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 61.7%, 78.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LABlab(40.00, 39.94, 37.03)
CIE-LCHlch(40.00, 54.47, 42.83°)
OKLaboklab(49.79% 0.1125 0.0814)
OKLCHoklch(49.79% 0.139 35.9)
XYZxyz(16.9281, 11.2503, 2.8699)
Luminance0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A23E23 #2387A2
analogous
#A22347 #A23E23 #A27D23
triadic
#A23E23 #23A23E #3E23A2
tetradic
#A23E23 #47A223 #2387A2 #7D23A2
square
#A23E23 #47A223 #2387A2 #7D23A2
split-complementary
#A23E23 #23A27D #2347A2
monochromatic
#3D170D #702B18 #A23E23 #D25230 #DD7C62

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46
#A23E23 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25
#A23E23 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E23
6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A23E23#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A23E231.006.463.256.46
#FFFFFF6.461.0021.001.00
#0000003.2521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.461.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A501F
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#736720
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B22638
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a23e23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.139 35.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57760',
    500: '#a23e23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a23e23;
$custom-light: #c57760;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a23e23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.756,
    "s": 64.467,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49789,
    "c": 0.13883,
    "h": 35.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A23E23
secondary
#5EADC2
accent
#C4E740
background
#FDF7F5
surface
#FAEDE9
border
#D3C8C5
text
#140905
muted
#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E23

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#A23E23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva