#A23241#A23241

#A23241 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.147 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23241
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 65)
HSL	hsl(352, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(352, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 59.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.46, 46.96, 17.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.46, 50.07, 20.28°)
OKLab	oklab(48.77% 0.1405 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(48.77% 0.147 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9967, 10.3466, 6.1021)
Luminance	0.1034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23241 #32A293

analogous

#A23279 #A23241 #A25B32

triadic

#A23241 #41A232 #3241A2

tetradic

#A23241 #79A232 #32A293 #5B32A2

square

#A23241 #79A232 #32A293 #5B32A2

split-complementary

#A23241 #32A25B #3279A2

monochromatic

#44151B #73242E #A23241 #C74A5B #D67985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.84

#A23241 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23241 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23241

6.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23241	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23241	1.00	6.84	3.07	6.84
#FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4C41

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11838

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23241;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.147 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47175',
    500: '#a23241',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23241;
$custom-light: #c47175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23241",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.964,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48774,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23241

secondary

#72BEB4

accent

#DCC94C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23241

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

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