#A23140#A23140

#A23140 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.148 H 17.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23140
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 64)
HSL	hsl(352, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(352, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.29, 47.30, 17.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.29, 50.53, 20.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.64% 0.1414 0.0434)
OKLCH	oklch(48.64% 0.148 17.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9257, 10.2505, 5.9368)
Luminance	0.1025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23140 #31A293

analogous

#A23179 #A23140 #A25B31

triadic

#A23140 #40A231 #3140A2

tetradic

#A23140 #79A231 #31A293 #5B31A2

square

#A23140 #79A231 #31A293 #5B31A2

split-complementary

#A23140 #31A25B #3179A2

monochromatic

#44151B #73232D #A23140 #C84859 #D67784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.89

#A23140 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23140 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23140

6.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23140	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23140	1.00	6.89	3.05	6.89
#FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11637

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23140;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.148 17.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47174',
    500: '#a23140',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23140;
$custom-light: #c47174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23140",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.035,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48642,
    "c": 0.14793,
    "h": 17.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23140

secondary

#71BEB4

accent

#DDCA4B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23140

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

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