#A23550#A23550

#A23550 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.108; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.144 H 9.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23550
RGB	rgb(162, 53, 80)
HSL	hsl(345, 51%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(345, 67%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 67.3%, 50.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.26, 46.94, 8.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.26, 47.79, 10.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.48% 0.1426 0.0231)
OKLCH	oklch(49.48% 0.144 9.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6228, 10.8090, 8.7462)
Luminance	0.1081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23550 #35A287

analogous

#A23586 #A23550 #A25135

triadic

#A23550 #50A235 #3550A2

tetradic

#A23550 #86A235 #35A287 #5135A2

square

#A23550 #86A235 #35A287 #5135A2

split-complementary

#A23550 #35A251 #3586A2

monochromatic

#461722 #742639 #A23550 #C54F6C #D47D93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.64

#A23550 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.16

#A23550 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23550

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23550	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23550	1.00	6.64	3.16	6.64
#FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.16	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4F51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A654D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02340

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23550;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 53, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.144 9.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37380',
    500: '#a23550',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23550;
$custom-light: #c37380;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23550",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 53,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 345.138,
    "s": 50.698,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49481,
    "c": 0.14442,
    "h": 9.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.10807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23550

secondary

#75BDAC

accent

#DAB74E

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDEE

border

#D1C8C9

text

#13080A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23550

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

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