#A23748#A23748

#A23748 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.109; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.141 H 14.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23748
RGB	rgb(162, 55, 72)
HSL	hsl(350, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(350, 66%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 66%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.38, 45.39, 14.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.38, 47.55, 17.37°)
OKLab	oklab(49.51% 0.1366 0.0355)
OKLCH	oklch(49.51% 0.141 14.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4377, 10.8839, 7.3122)
Luminance	0.1088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23748 #37A291

analogous

#A2377E #A23748 #A25B37

triadic

#A23748 #48A237 #3748A2

tetradic

#A23748 #7EA237 #37A291 #5B37A2

square

#A23748 #7EA237 #37A291 #5B37A2

split-complementary

#A23748 #37A25B #377EA2

monochromatic

#47181F #742734 #A23748 #C45264 #D4808D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.61

#A23748 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.18

#A23748 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23748

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23748	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23748	1.00	6.61	3.18	6.61
#FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.18	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.61	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1233E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23748;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 55, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.141 14.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3747a',
    500: '#a23748',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23748;
$custom-light: #c3747a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23748",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 55,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.467,
    "s": 49.309,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49514,
    "c": 0.14115,
    "h": 14.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23748

secondary

#78BDB2

accent

#D9C34F

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23748

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

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