#A23247#A23247

#A23247 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.147 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23247
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 71)
HSL	hsl(349, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 56.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.59, 47.42, 13.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.59, 49.37, 16.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.91% 0.143 0.0344)
OKLCH	oklch(48.91% 0.147 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1798, 10.4198, 7.0666)
Luminance	0.1042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23247 #32A28D

analogous

#A2327F #A23247 #A25532

triadic

#A23247 #47A232 #3247A2

tetradic

#A23247 #7FA232 #32A28D #5532A2

square

#A23247 #7FA232 #32A28D #5532A2

split-complementary

#A23247 #32A255 #327FA2

monochromatic

#44151E #732433 #A23247 #C74A62 #D6798A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.81

#A23247 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.08

#A23247 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23247

6.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23247	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23247	1.00	6.81	3.08	6.81
#FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.08	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11B3A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23247;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.147 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3717a',
    500: '#a23247',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23247;
$custom-light: #c3717a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23247",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.75,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48912,
    "c": 0.14702,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23247

secondary

#72BEB0

accent

#DCC14C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23247

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

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