#A23E2C#A23E2C

#A23E2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.137 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E2C
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 44)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(9, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.10, 40.34, 32.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.10, 51.58, 38.54°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.1155 0.073)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.137 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0793, 11.3108, 3.6662)
Luminance	0.1131 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E2C #2C90A2

analogous

#A22C55 #A23E2C #A2792C

triadic

#A23E2C #2CA23E #3E2CA2

tetradic

#A23E2C #55A22C #2C90A2 #792CA2

square

#A23E2C #55A22C #2C90A2 #792CA2

split-complementary

#A23E2C #2CA279 #2C55A2

monochromatic

#421912 #722C1F #A23E2C #CB5540 #D88070

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A23E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E2C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E2C	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)

#59512A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.137 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47766',
    500: '#a23e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e2c;
$custom-light: #c47766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.153,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49896,
    "c": 0.13661,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E2C

secondary

#6AB2BF

accent

#C9E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E2C

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

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