#A23F26#A23F26

#A23F26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.137 H 35.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F26
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 38)
HSL	hsl(12, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(12, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 76.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.21, 39.59, 35.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.21, 53.26, 41.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.112 0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.137 35.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0294, 11.3787, 3.1329)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F26 #2689A2

analogous

#A2264B #A23F26 #A27D26

triadic

#A23F26 #26A23F #3F26A2

tetradic

#A23F26 #4BA226 #2689A2 #7D26A2

square

#A23F26 #4BA226 #2689A2 #7D26A2

split-complementary

#A23F26 #26A27D #264BA2

monochromatic

#3F180F #702C1A #A23F26 #D05535 #DB7E67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A23F26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23F26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F26

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F26	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736723

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.137 35.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57862',
    500: '#a23f26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f26;
$custom-light: #c57862;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 12.097,
    "s": 62,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49959,
    "c": 0.1371,
    "h": 35.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11376
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F26

secondary

#63AEC1

accent

#C4E543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F26

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

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