#A23F33#A23F33

#A23F33 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.134 H 29.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23F33
RGB	rgb(162, 63, 51)
HSL	hsl(6, 52%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(6, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.1%, 68.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, 40.25, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 49.24, 35.18°)
OKLab	oklab(50.13% 0.1166 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(50.13% 0.134 29.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2771, 11.4777, 4.4370)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23F33 #3396A2

analogous

#A2335F #A23F33 #A27733

triadic

#A23F33 #33A23F #3F33A2

tetradic

#A23F33 #5FA233 #3396A2 #7733A2

square

#A23F33 #5FA233 #3396A2 #7733A2

split-complementary

#A23F33 #33A277 #335FA2

monochromatic

#451B16 #732D24 #A23F33 #C7594C #D5847A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#A23F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A23F33 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23F33

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23F33	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595231

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#726730

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B22A3D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 63, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.134 29.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4786b',
    500: '#a23f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23f33;
$custom-light: #c4786b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 63,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.486,
    "s": 52.113,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50133,
    "c": 0.13397,
    "h": 29.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23F33

secondary

#73B6BE

accent

#CCDC4C

background

#FCF7F6

surface

#F9EDEB

border

#D2C8C6

text

#140906

muted

#827B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23F33

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

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