#A23042#A23042

#A23042 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.149 H 15.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23042
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.18, 47.85, 16.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.18, 50.57, 18.88°)
OKLab	oklab(48.58% 0.1435 0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(48.58% 0.149 15.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.9422, 10.1910, 6.2281)
Luminance	0.1019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23042 #30A290

analogous

#A2307B #A23042 #A25730

triadic

#A23042 #42A230 #3042A2

tetradic

#A23042 #7BA230 #30A290 #5730A2

square

#A23042 #7BA230 #30A290 #5730A2

split-complementary

#A23042 #30A257 #307BA2

monochromatic

#44141C #73222F #A23042 #C8475B #D67685

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.91

#A23042 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04

#A23042 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23042

6.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23042	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23042	1.00	6.91	3.04	6.91
#FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.04	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11437

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23042;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.149 15.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47076',
    500: '#a23042',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23042;
$custom-light: #c47076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23042",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.526,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48577,
    "c": 0.14905,
    "h": 15.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23042

secondary

#6FBEB2

accent

#DEC64A

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23042

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

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