#A23F2C#A23F2C

#A23F2C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.136 H 32.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F2C
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 44)
HSL	hsl(10, 57%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(10, 73%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 72.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.28, 39.87, 32.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.28, 51.34, 39.05°)
OKLab	oklab(50.03% 0.114 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(50.03% 0.136 32.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.1342, 11.4206, 3.6845)
Luminance	0.1142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F2C #2C8FA2

analogous

#A22C54 #A23F2C #A27A2C

triadic

#A23F2C #2CA23F #3F2CA2

tetradic

#A23F2C #54A22C #2C8FA2 #7A2CA2

square

#A23F2C #54A22C #2C8FA2 #7A2CA2

split-complementary

#A23F2C #2CA27A #2C54A2

monochromatic

#421A12 #722C1F #A23F2C #CB5640 #D88170

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.40

#A23F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23F2C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F2C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F2C	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)

#5A512A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726729

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2283B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.136 32.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47866',
    500: '#a23f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f2c;
$custom-light: #c47866;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.661,
    "s": 57.282,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50033,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 32.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F2C

secondary

#6AB2BF

accent

#C8E147

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F2C

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

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