#A23040#A23040

#A23040 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.149 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23040
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.14, 47.70, 17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.14, 50.83, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1427 0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.149 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.8843, 10.1678, 5.9230)
Luminance	0.1017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23040 #30A292

analogous

#A23079 #A23040 #A25930

triadic

#A23040 #40A230 #3040A2

tetradic

#A23040 #79A230 #30A292 #5930A2

square

#A23040 #79A230 #30A292 #5930A2

split-complementary

#A23040 #30A259 #3079A2

monochromatic

#44141B #73222D #A23040 #C84759 #D67684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92

#A23040 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#A23040 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23040

6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23040	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23040	1.00	6.92	3.03	6.92
#FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.92	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11337

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23040;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.149 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47074',
    500: '#a23040',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23040;
$custom-light: #c47074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23040",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.579,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48533,
    "c": 0.14903,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10165
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23040

secondary

#6FBEB3

accent

#DEC94A

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23040

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

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