#A23045#A23045

#A23045 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.149 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23045
RGB	rgb(162, 48, 69)
HSL	hsl(349, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 70.4%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.25, 48.07, 14.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.25, 50.22, 16.84°)
OKLab	oklab(48.65% 0.1447 0.0362)
OKLCH	oklch(48.65% 0.149 14)
XYZ	xyz(17.0330, 10.2273, 6.7062)
Luminance	0.1022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23045 #30A28D

analogous

#A2307E #A23045 #A25430

triadic

#A23045 #45A230 #3045A2

tetradic

#A23045 #7EA230 #30A28D #5430A2

square

#A23045 #7EA230 #30A28D #5430A2

split-complementary

#A23045 #30A254 #307EA2

monochromatic

#44141D #732231 #A23045 #C8475F #D67688

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.90

#A23045 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23045 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23045

6.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23045	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23045	1.00	6.90	3.05	6.90
#FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4B45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11639

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23045;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 48, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.149 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47078',
    500: '#a23045',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23045;
$custom-light: #c47078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23045",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 48,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.947,
    "s": 54.286,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48645,
    "c": 0.14918,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.10225
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23045

secondary

#6FBEB0

accent

#DEC24A

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23045

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

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