#A23F2A#A23F2A

#A23F2A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.136 H 33.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F2A
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 42)
HSL	hsl(11, 59%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(11, 74%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 74.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.26, 39.77, 33.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.26, 51.97, 40.07°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1133 0.0754)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.136 33.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0975, 11.4059, 3.4913)
Luminance	0.1140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F2A #2A8DA2

analogous

#A22A51 #A23F2A #A27B2A

triadic

#A23F2A #2AA23F #3F2AA2

tetradic

#A23F2A #51A22A #2A8DA2 #7B2AA2

square

#A23F2A #51A22A #2A8DA2 #7B2AA2

split-complementary

#A23F2A #2AA27B #2A51A2

monochromatic

#411911 #712C1D #A23F2A #CD563D #D9806D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#A23F2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23F2A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F2A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F2A	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)

#5A5127

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736727

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.136 33.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c57864',
    500: '#a23f2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f2a;
$custom-light: #c57864;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.5,
    "s": 58.824,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50007,
    "c": 0.1361,
    "h": 33.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.11404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F2A

secondary

#68B1C0

accent

#C7E246

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140905

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F2A

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

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