#A23F29#A23F29

#A23F29 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.136 H 34.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F29
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 41)
HSL	hsl(11, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 75%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 74.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.24, 39.72, 34.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.24, 52.29, 40.57°)
OKLab	oklab(49.99% 0.113 0.0764)
OKLCH	oklch(49.99% 0.136 34.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.0798, 11.3988, 3.3982)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F29 #298CA2

analogous

#A22950 #A23F29 #A27C29

triadic

#A23F29 #29A23F #3F29A2

tetradic

#A23F29 #50A229 #298CA2 #7C29A2

square

#A23F29 #50A229 #298CA2 #7C29A2

split-complementary

#A23F29 #29A27C #2950A2

monochromatic

#401910 #712C1D #A23F29 #CD553B #DA806C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#A23F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23F29 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F29

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F29	1.00	6.40	3.28	6.40
#FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A5126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736726

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.136 34.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57864',
    500: '#a23f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f29;
$custom-light: #c57864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.909,
    "s": 59.606,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49994,
    "c": 0.13635,
    "h": 34.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F29

secondary

#67B0C0

accent

#C6E345

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F29

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

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