#A23E2A#A23E2A

#A23E2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.137 H 33.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E2A
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 42)
HSL	hsl(10, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.07, 40.25, 33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.07, 52.21, 39.56°)
OKLab	oklab(49.87% 0.1148 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(49.87% 0.137 33.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0426, 11.2961, 3.4730)
Luminance	0.1129 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E2A #2A8EA2

analogous

#A22A52 #A23E2A #A27A2A

triadic

#A23E2A #2AA23E #3E2AA2

tetradic

#A23E2A #52A22A #2A8EA2 #7A2AA2

square

#A23E2A #52A22A #2A8EA2 #7A2AA2

split-complementary

#A23E2A #2AA27A #2A52A2

monochromatic

#411911 #712B1D #A23E2A #CD553D #D97F6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A23E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E2A

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E2A	1.00	6.44	3.26	6.44
#FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.137 33.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57764',
    500: '#a23e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e2a;
$custom-light: #c57764;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4987,
    "c": 0.13709,
    "h": 33.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E2A

secondary

#68B1C0

accent

#C8E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E2A

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

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