#A23240#A23240

#A23240 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.147 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23240
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 64)
HSL	hsl(353, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(353, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 60.5%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.44, 46.89, 17.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.44, 50.21, 20.96°)
OKLab	oklab(48.75% 0.1401 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(48.75% 0.147 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9679, 10.3351, 5.9509)
Luminance	0.1033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23240 #32A294

analogous

#A23278 #A23240 #A25C32

triadic

#A23240 #40A232 #3240A2

tetradic

#A23240 #78A232 #32A294 #5C32A2

square

#A23240 #78A232 #32A294 #5C32A2

split-complementary

#A23240 #32A25C #3278A2

monochromatic

#44151B #73242E #A23240 #C74A5A #D67984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.85

#A23240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23240 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23240

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23240	1.00	6.85	3.07	6.85
#FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.85	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C40

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.147 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47174',
    500: '#a23240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23240;
$custom-light: #c47174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.5,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48753,
    "c": 0.14683,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23240

secondary

#72BEB4

accent

#DCCA4C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23240

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

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