#A23245#A23245

#A23245 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.147 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23245
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 69)
HSL	hsl(350, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(350, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.54, 47.26, 14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.54, 49.57, 17.55°)
OKLab	oklab(48.86% 0.1421 0.0371)
OKLCH	oklch(48.86% 0.147 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1167, 10.3946, 6.7341)
Luminance	0.1039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23245 #32A28F

analogous

#A2327D #A23245 #A25732

triadic

#A23245 #45A232 #3245A2

tetradic

#A23245 #7DA232 #32A28F #5732A2

square

#A23245 #7DA232 #32A28F #5732A2

split-complementary

#A23245 #32A257 #327DA2

monochromatic

#44151D #732431 #A23245 #C74A5F #D67989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A23245 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23245 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23245

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23245	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23245	1.00	6.82	3.08	6.82
#FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C45

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23245;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.147 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37178',
    500: '#a23245',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23245;
$custom-light: #c37178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23245",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.821,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48864,
    "c": 0.14691,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23245

secondary

#72BEB1

accent

#DCC44C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23245

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

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