#A23249#A23249

#A23249 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.104; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.147 H 12.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23249
RGB	rgb(162, 50, 73)
HSL	hsl(348, 53%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(348, 69%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 69.1%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.63, 47.58, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.63, 49.20, 14.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% 0.1438 0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.147 12.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2450, 10.4459, 7.4102)
Luminance	0.1044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23249 #32A28B

analogous

#A23281 #A23249 #A25332

triadic

#A23249 #49A232 #3249A2

tetradic

#A23249 #81A232 #32A28B #5332A2

square

#A23249 #81A232 #32A28B #5332A2

split-complementary

#A23249 #32A253 #3281A2

monochromatic

#44151F #732434 #A23249 #C74A64 #D6798C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.80

#A23249 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#A23249 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23249

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23249	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23249	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)

#4D4C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11B3B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23249;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 50, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.147 12.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3717b',
    500: '#a23249',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23249;
$custom-light: #c3717b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23249",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 50,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.679,
    "s": 52.83,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4896,
    "c": 0.14719,
    "h": 12.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10444
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23249

secondary

#72BEAE

accent

#DCBF4C

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23249

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

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