#A23E2E#A23E2E

#A23E2E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.136 H 31.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E2E
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 46)
HSL	hsl(8, 56%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(8, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 71.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.12, 40.45, 31.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.12, 50.97, 37.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1162 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.136 31.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1178, 11.3262, 3.8690)
Luminance	0.1132 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E2E #2E92A2

analogous

#A22E58 #A23E2E #A2782E

triadic

#A23E2E #2EA23E #3E2EA2

tetradic

#A23E2E #58A22E #2E92A2 #782EA2

square

#A23E2E #58A22E #2E92A2 #782EA2

split-complementary

#A23E2E #2EA278 #2E58A2

monochromatic

#431A13 #722C20 #A23E2E #CA5643 #D78173

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A23E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23E2E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E2E

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E2E	1.00	6.43	3.26	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.136 31.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47767',
    500: '#a23e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e2e;
$custom-light: #c47767;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.276,
    "s": 55.769,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49924,
    "c": 0.13614,
    "h": 31.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E2E

secondary

#6DB4BF

accent

#CADF49

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E2E

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

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