#A23E33#A23E33

#A23E33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.135 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E33
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 51)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 68.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.19, 40.72, 28.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.19, 49.51, 34.66°)
OKLab	oklab(50% 0.1181 0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.135 29)
XYZ	xyz(17.2222, 11.3680, 4.4187)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E33 #3397A2

analogous

#A23360 #A23E33 #A27633

triadic

#A23E33 #33A23E #3E33A2

tetradic

#A23E33 #60A233 #3397A2 #7633A2

square

#A23E33 #60A233 #3397A2 #7633A2

split-complementary

#A23E33 #33A276 #3360A2

monochromatic

#451A16 #732C24 #A23E33 #C7584C #D5837A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A23E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23E33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E33

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E33	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)

#595131

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#716730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.135 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4776b',
    500: '#a23e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e33;
$custom-light: #c4776b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.946,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49998,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.11366
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E33

secondary

#73B6BE

accent

#CDDC4C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E33

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

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