#A23E32#A23E32

#A23E32 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.135 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E32
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 50)
HSL	hsl(6, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 69.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.18, 40.66, 28.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.18, 49.79, 35.24°)
OKLab	oklab(49.98% 0.1177 0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(49.98% 0.135 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2004, 11.3592, 4.3038)
Luminance	0.1136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E32 #3296A2

analogous

#A2325E #A23E32 #A27632

triadic

#A23E32 #32A23E #3E32A2

tetradic

#A23E32 #5EA232 #3296A2 #7632A2

square

#A23E32 #5EA232 #3296A2 #7632A2

split-complementary

#A23E32 #32A276 #325EA2

monochromatic

#441A15 #732C24 #A23E32 #C7574A #D68379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A23E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23E32 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E32

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E32	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)

#595130

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.135 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4776a',
    500: '#a23e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e32;
$custom-light: #c4776a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.429,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49982,
    "c": 0.13525,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11357
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E32

secondary

#72B6BE

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E32

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

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