#A23E31#A23E31

#A23E31 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.135 H 30.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E31
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 49)
HSL	hsl(7, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(7, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 69.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.16, 40.61, 29.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.16, 50.08, 35.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.97% 0.1173 0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(49.97% 0.135 30)
XYZ	xyz(17.1790, 11.3507, 4.1914)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E31 #3195A2

analogous

#A2315D #A23E31 #A27731

triadic

#A23E31 #31A23E #3E31A2

tetradic

#A23E31 #5DA231 #3195A2 #7731A2

square

#A23E31 #5DA231 #3195A2 #7731A2

split-complementary

#A23E31 #31A277 #315DA2

monochromatic

#441A15 #732C23 #A23E31 #C85748 #D68277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A23E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23E31 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E31

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E31	1.00	6.42	3.27	6.42
#FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.42	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#59512F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.135 30.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47769',
    500: '#a23e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e31;
$custom-light: #c47769;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.903,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49967,
    "c": 0.13546,
    "h": 30
  },
  "luminance": 0.11348
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E31

secondary

#71B5BE

accent

#CCDD4B

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E31

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

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