#A23F2D#A23F2D

#A23F2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.135 H 32.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F2D
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 45)
HSL	hsl(9, 57%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(9, 72%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 72.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.29, 39.92, 31.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.29, 51.03, 38.53°)
OKLab	oklab(50.05% 0.1144 0.0724)
OKLCH	oklch(50.05% 0.135 32.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1532, 11.4282, 3.7847)
Luminance	0.1143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F2D #2D90A2

analogous

#A22D55 #A23F2D #A2792D

triadic

#A23F2D #2DA23F #3F2DA2

tetradic

#A23F2D #55A22D #2D90A2 #792DA2

square

#A23F2D #55A22D #2D90A2 #792DA2

split-complementary

#A23F2D #2DA279 #2D55A2

monochromatic

#421A12 #722C20 #A23F2D #CA5742 #D88172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.39

#A23F2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A23F2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F2D

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F2D	1.00	6.39	3.29	6.39
#FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A512B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72672A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2293B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.135 32.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47867',
    500: '#a23f2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f2d;
$custom-light: #c47867;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 9.231,
    "s": 56.522,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50046,
    "c": 0.13535,
    "h": 32.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11426
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F2D

secondary

#6CB2BF

accent

#C8E048

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F2D

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

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