#A23E27#A23E27

#A23E27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.138 H 34.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E27
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 39)
HSL	hsl(11, 61%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(11, 76%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 75.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.04, 40.11, 34.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.04, 53.16, 41.03°)
OKLab	oklab(49.83% 0.1138 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(49.83% 0.138 34.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9909, 11.2755, 3.2007)
Luminance	0.1127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E27 #278BA2

analogous

#A2274D #A23E27 #A27C27

triadic

#A23E27 #27A23E #3E27A2

tetradic

#A23E27 #4DA227 #278BA2 #7C27A2

square

#A23E27 #4DA227 #278BA2 #7C27A2

split-complementary

#A23E27 #27A27C #274DA2

monochromatic

#3F180F #712B1B #A23E27 #CF5437 #DB7E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A23E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23E27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E27

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E27	1.00	6.45	3.25	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5124

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726724

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.138 34.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57762',
    500: '#a23e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e27;
$custom-light: #c57762;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 11.22,
    "s": 61.194,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49833,
    "c": 0.13783,
    "h": 34.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11273
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E27

secondary

#64B0C1

accent

#C6E443

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E27

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

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