#A23F20#A23F20

#A23F20 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.139 H 37.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F20
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 32)
HSL	hsl(14, 67%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 80.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.15, 39.35, 38.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.15, 55.23, 44.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.9% 0.1101 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(49.9% 0.139 37.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9403, 11.3430, 2.6636)
Luminance	0.1134 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F20 #2083A2

analogous

#A22042 #A23F20 #A28020

triadic

#A23F20 #20A23F #3F20A2

tetradic

#A23F20 #42A220 #2083A2 #8020A2

square

#A23F20 #42A220 #2083A2 #8020A2

split-complementary

#A23F20 #20A280 #2042A2

monochromatic

#3C170C #6F2B16 #A23F20 #D5532A #DF7C5D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A23F20 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23F20 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F20

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F20	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F20	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B511C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f20;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.139 37.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5785e',
    500: '#a23f20',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f20;
$custom-light: #c5785e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f20",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 14.308,
    "s": 67.01,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49896,
    "c": 0.13863,
    "h": 37.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F20

secondary

#5AAAC3

accent

#C1EA3E

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140904

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F20

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

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