#A23F25#A23F25

#A23F25 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.137 H 35.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F25
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 37)
HSL	hsl(12, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 77.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.20, 39.54, 36.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.20, 53.59, 42.44°)
OKLab	oklab(49.95% 0.1116 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(49.95% 0.137 35.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0135, 11.3723, 3.0491)
Luminance	0.1137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F25 #2588A2

analogous

#A2254A #A23F25 #A27E25

triadic

#A23F25 #25A23F #3F25A2

tetradic

#A23F25 #4AA225 #2588A2 #7E25A2

square

#A23F25 #4AA225 #2588A2 #7E25A2

split-complementary

#A23F25 #25A27E #254AA2

monochromatic

#3E180E #702C1A #A23F25 #D15434 #DC7E65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A23F25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23F25 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F25

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F25	1.00	6.41	3.27	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B5122

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736722

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2273A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.137 35.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57861',
    500: '#a23f25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f25;
$custom-light: #c57861;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.48,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49947,
    "c": 0.13736,
    "h": 35.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F25

secondary

#61AEC2

accent

#C4E642

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F25

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

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