#A23E24#A23E24

#A23E24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.139 H 35.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E24
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 36)
HSL	hsl(12, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 78%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 77.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.01, 39.98, 36.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.01, 54.14, 42.40°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% 0.1128 0.0805)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.139 35.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9432, 11.2564, 2.9492)
Luminance	0.1125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E24 #2488A2

analogous

#A22449 #A23E24 #A27D24

triadic

#A23E24 #24A23E #3E24A2

tetradic

#A23E24 #49A224 #2488A2 #7D24A2

square

#A23E24 #49A224 #2488A2 #7D24A2

split-complementary

#A23E24 #24A27D #2449A2

monochromatic

#3E180E #702B19 #A23E24 #D15332 #DD7D64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A23E24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23E24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E24

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E24	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)

#5A5021

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736721

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.139 35.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57760',
    500: '#a23e24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e24;
$custom-light: #c57760;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.381,
    "s": 63.636,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49799,
    "c": 0.13858,
    "h": 35.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E24

secondary

#60AEC2

accent

#C5E741

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E24

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

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