#A23E25#A23E25

#A23E25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.138 H 35.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E25
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 37)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.02, 40.02, 35.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.02, 53.81, 41.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.81% 0.1131 0.0796)
OKLCH	oklch(49.81% 0.138 35.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9587, 11.2626, 3.0308)
Luminance	0.1126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E25 #2589A2

analogous

#A2254B #A23E25 #A27D25

triadic

#A23E25 #25A23E #3E25A2

tetradic

#A23E25 #4BA225 #2589A2 #7D25A2

square

#A23E25 #4BA225 #2589A2 #7D25A2

split-complementary

#A23E25 #25A27D #254BA2

monochromatic

#3E180E #702B1A #A23E25 #D15334 #DC7D65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.46

#A23E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23E25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E25

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E25	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)

#5A5022

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.138 35.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57761',
    500: '#a23e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e25;
$custom-light: #c57761;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4981,
    "c": 0.13833,
    "h": 35.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.1126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E25

secondary

#61AEC2

accent

#C5E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E25

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

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