#A23E29#A23E29

#A23E29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.137 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E29
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 41)
HSL	hsl(10, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.06, 40.20, 33.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.06, 52.52, 40.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.86% 0.1144 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(49.86% 0.137 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0249, 11.2891, 3.3799)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E29 #298DA2

analogous

#A22951 #A23E29 #A27A29

triadic

#A23E29 #29A23E #3E29A2

tetradic

#A23E29 #51A229 #298DA2 #7A29A2

square

#A23E29 #51A229 #298DA2 #7A29A2

split-complementary

#A23E29 #29A27A #2951A2

monochromatic

#401910 #712B1D #A23E29 #CD543B #DA7F6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A23E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E29

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E29	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)

#5A5126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2263A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.137 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57764',
    500: '#a23e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e29;
$custom-light: #c57764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.413,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49858,
    "c": 0.13734,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E29

secondary

#67B1C0

accent

#C7E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E29

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

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