#A23449#A23449

#A23449 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.106; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.145 H 13.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23449
RGB	rgb(162, 52, 73)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 68%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.9%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.93, 46.75, 12.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.93, 48.51, 15.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.19% 0.1411 0.0326)
OKLCH	oklch(49.19% 0.145 13)
XYZ	xyz(17.3324, 10.6207, 7.4393)
Luminance	0.1062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23449 #34A28D

analogous

#A23480 #A23449 #A25634

triadic

#A23449 #49A234 #3449A2

tetradic

#A23449 #80A234 #34A28D #5634A2

square

#A23449 #80A234 #34A28D #5634A2

split-complementary

#A23449 #34A256 #3480A2

monochromatic

#45161F #742534 #A23449 #C64D64 #D57C8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.72

#A23449 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.12

#A23449 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23449

6.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23449	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23449	1.00	6.72	3.12	6.72
#FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.12	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.72	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4D49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B11F3C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23449;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 52, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.145 13.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3727b',
    500: '#a23449',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23449;
$custom-light: #c3727b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23449",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 52,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.545,
    "s": 51.402,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49186,
    "c": 0.14482,
    "h": 13
  },
  "luminance": 0.10618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23449

secondary

#74BEB0

accent

#DBC04D

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23449

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

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