#A23549#A23549

#A23549 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.144 H 13.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23549
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 73)
HSL	hsl(349, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(349, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.09, 46.33, 13.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.09, 48.16, 15.86°)
OKLab	oklab(49.3% 0.1398 0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(49.3% 0.144 13.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.3775, 10.7109, 7.4544)
Luminance	0.1071 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23549 #35A28E

analogous

#A23580 #A23549 #A25835

triadic

#A23549 #49A235 #3549A2

tetradic

#A23549 #80A235 #35A28E #5835A2

square

#A23549 #80A235 #35A28E #5835A2

split-complementary

#A23549 #35A258 #3580A2

monochromatic

#46171F #742634 #A23549 #C54F65 #D47D8D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.68

#A23549 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.14

#A23549 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23549

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23549	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23549	1.00	6.68	3.14	6.68
#FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.14	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4E49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1203D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23549;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.144 13.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3737b',
    500: '#a23549',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23549;
$custom-light: #c3737b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23549",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.991,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49301,
    "c": 0.14363,
    "h": 13.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23549

secondary

#75BDB0

accent

#DAC04E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140809

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23549

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

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