#A23E28#A23E28

#A23E28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.138 H 34.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E28
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 40)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 75.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 40.15, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 52.84, 40.55°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% 0.1141 0.0769)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.138 34)
XYZ	xyz(17.0077, 11.2822, 3.2892)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E28 #288CA2

analogous

#A2284F #A23E28 #A27B28

triadic

#A23E28 #28A23E #3E28A2

tetradic

#A23E28 #4FA228 #288CA2 #7B28A2

square

#A23E28 #4FA228 #288CA2 #7B28A2

split-complementary

#A23E28 #28A27B #284FA2

monochromatic

#401810 #712B1C #A23E28 #CE5439 #DA7E6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A23E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E28

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E28	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5125

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726725

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.138 34.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57763',
    500: '#a23e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e28;
$custom-light: #c57763;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.82,
    "s": 60.396,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49845,
    "c": 0.13758,
    "h": 34
  },
  "luminance": 0.1128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E28

secondary

#65B0C1

accent

#C7E444

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E28

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →