#A23248#A23248

#A23248 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.147 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23248
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 72)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.61, 47.50, 13.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.61, 49.28, 15.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.94% 0.1434 0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(48.94% 0.147 13)
XYZ	xyz(17.2121, 10.4328, 7.2370)
Luminance	0.1043 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23248 #32A28C

analogous

#A23280 #A23248 #A25432

triadic

#A23248 #48A232 #3248A2

tetradic

#A23248 #80A232 #32A28C #5432A2

square

#A23248 #80A232 #32A28C #5432A2

split-complementary

#A23248 #32A254 #3280A2

monochromatic

#44151E #732433 #A23248 #C74A63 #D6798B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23248 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23248 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23248

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23248	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23248	1.00	6.80	3.09	6.80
#FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4C48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6345

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23248;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.147 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3717a',
    500: '#a23248',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23248;
$custom-light: #c3717a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23248",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.214,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48936,
    "c": 0.1471,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.1043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23248

secondary

#72BEAF

accent

#DCC04C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23248

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

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