#A23243#A23243

#A23243 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.147 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23243
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 67)
HSL	hsl(351, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(351, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 58.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.50, 47.11, 16.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.50, 49.80, 18.92°)
OKLab	oklab(48.82% 0.1413 0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(48.82% 0.147 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0556, 10.3702, 6.4126)
Luminance	0.1037 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23243 #32A291

analogous

#A2327B #A23243 #A25932

triadic

#A23243 #43A232 #3243A2

tetradic

#A23243 #7BA232 #32A291 #5932A2

square

#A23243 #7BA232 #32A291 #5932A2

split-complementary

#A23243 #32A259 #327BA2

monochromatic

#44151C #732430 #A23243 #C74A5D #D67987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.83

#A23243 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.07

#A23243 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23243

6.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23243	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23243	1.00	6.83	3.07	6.83
#FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.07	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C43

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6340

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11939

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23243;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.147 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c47177',
    500: '#a23243',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23243;
$custom-light: #c47177;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23243",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.893,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48819,
    "c": 0.14685,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.10368
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23243

secondary

#72BEB2

accent

#DCC64C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23243

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

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