#A23142#A23142

#A23142 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.148 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23142
RGB	rgb(162, 49, 66)
HSL	hsl(351, 54%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(351, 70%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.8%, 59.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.33, 47.44, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.33, 50.25, 19.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% 0.1422 0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.148 16)
XYZ	xyz(16.9836, 10.2737, 6.2419)
Luminance	0.1027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23142 #31A291

analogous

#A2317B #A23142 #A25831

triadic

#A23142 #42A231 #3142A2

tetradic

#A23142 #7BA231 #31A291 #5831A2

square

#A23142 #7BA231 #31A291 #5831A2

split-complementary

#A23142 #31A258 #317BA2

monochromatic

#44151C #73232F #A23142 #C8485C #D67786

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.88

#A23142 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.05

#A23142 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23142

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23142	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23142	1.00	6.88	3.05	6.88
#FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.05	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.88	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4B42

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11738

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23142;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 49, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.148 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47176',
    500: '#a23142',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23142;
$custom-light: #c47176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23142",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 49,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.973,
    "s": 53.555,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48686,
    "c": 0.14795,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.10271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23142

secondary

#71BEB3

accent

#DDC74B

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23142

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

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