#A23246#A23246

#A23246 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.147 H 14.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23246
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 70)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 56.8%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.56, 47.34, 14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.56, 49.47, 16.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.89% 0.1426 0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(48.89% 0.147 14.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1480, 10.4071, 6.8990)
Luminance	0.1041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23246 #32A28E

analogous

#A2327E #A23246 #A25632

triadic

#A23246 #46A232 #3246A2

tetradic

#A23246 #7EA232 #32A28E #5632A2

square

#A23246 #7EA232 #32A28E #5632A2

split-complementary

#A23246 #32A256 #327EA2

monochromatic

#44151E #732432 #A23246 #C74A60 #D67989

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.82

#A23246 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23246 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23246

6.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23246	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23246	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)

#4E4C46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11A3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23246;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 70);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.147 14.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37179',
    500: '#a23246',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23246;
$custom-light: #c37179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23246",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 70
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.286,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48888,
    "c": 0.14697,
    "h": 14.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23246

secondary

#72BEB0

accent

#DCC24C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23246

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

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