#A23F22#A23F22

#A23F22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.138 H 36.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F22
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 34)
HSL	hsl(14, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(14, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 79%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.17, 39.42, 37.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.17, 54.57, 43.75°)
OKLab	oklab(49.92% 0.1107 0.0826)
OKLCH	oklch(49.92% 0.138 36.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9684, 11.3542, 2.8111)
Luminance	0.1135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F22 #2285A2

analogous

#A22245 #A23F22 #A27F22

triadic

#A23F22 #22A23F #3F22A2

tetradic

#A23F22 #45A222 #2285A2 #7F22A2

square

#A23F22 #45A222 #2285A2 #7F22A2

split-complementary

#A23F22 #22A27F #2245A2

monochromatic

#3D180D #6F2B17 #A23F22 #D3532E #DE7D61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.42

#A23F22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23F22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F22

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F22	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)

#5B511E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73671F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22739

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.138 36.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5785f',
    500: '#a23f22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f22;
$custom-light: #c5785f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 13.594,
    "s": 65.306,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49915,
    "c": 0.13812,
    "h": 36.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F22

secondary

#5DACC3

accent

#C2E840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F22

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

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