#A23E2B#A23E2B

#A23E2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.137 H 32.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E2B
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 43)
HSL	hsl(10, 58%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 73.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.09, 40.29, 32.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.09, 51.89, 39.06°)
OKLab	oklab(49.88% 0.1151 0.074)
OKLCH	oklch(49.88% 0.137 32.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0607, 11.3034, 3.5684)
Luminance	0.1130 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E2B #2B8FA2

analogous

#A22B53 #A23E2B #A27A2B

triadic

#A23E2B #2BA23E #3E2BA2

tetradic

#A23E2B #53A22B #2B8FA2 #7A2BA2

square

#A23E2B #53A22B #2B8FA2 #7A2BA2

split-complementary

#A23E2B #2BA27A #2B53A2

monochromatic

#411911 #722B1E #A23E2B #CC553E #D9806F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A23E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E2B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E2B	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)

#595128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726728

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.137 32.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57765',
    500: '#a23e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e2b;
$custom-light: #c57765;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.58,
    "s": 58.049,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49883,
    "c": 0.13684,
    "h": 32.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E2B

secondary

#69B2C0

accent

#C9E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E2B

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

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