#A23E2D#A23E2D

#A23E2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.136 H 31.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E2D
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.11, 40.39, 31.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.11, 51.27, 38.02°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.1159 0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.136 31.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0983, 11.3184, 3.7664)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E2D #2D91A2

analogous

#A22D56 #A23E2D #A2782D

triadic

#A23E2D #2DA23E #3E2DA2

tetradic

#A23E2D #56A22D #2D91A2 #782DA2

square

#A23E2D #56A22D #2D91A2 #782DA2

split-complementary

#A23E2D #2DA278 #2D56A2

monochromatic

#421912 #722C20 #A23E2D #CA5642 #D88072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.44

#A23E2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E2D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E2D	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)

#59512B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.136 31.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47766',
    500: '#a23e2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e2d;
$custom-light: #c47766;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.718,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4991,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 31.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E2D

secondary

#6CB3BF

accent

#CAE048

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E2D

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

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