#A23848#A23848

#A23848 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.110; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.140 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23848
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.55, 44.95, 14.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.55, 47.20, 17.78°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% 0.1352 0.036)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.14 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4857, 10.9799, 7.3282)
Luminance	0.1098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23848 #38A292

analogous

#A2387D #A23848 #A25D38

triadic

#A23848 #48A238 #3848A2

tetradic

#A23848 #7DA238 #38A292 #5D38A2

square

#A23848 #7DA238 #38A292 #5D38A2

split-complementary

#A23848 #38A25D #387DA2

monochromatic

#471920 #752834 #A23848 #C45364 #D3818D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.57

#A23848 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.20

#A23848 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23848

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23848	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23848	1.00	6.57	3.20	6.57
#FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.20	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.57	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#524F48

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1243E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23848;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.140 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3757a',
    500: '#a23848',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23848;
$custom-light: #c3757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23848",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.943,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49636,
    "c": 0.13994,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10978
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23848

secondary

#79BDB3

accent

#D8C450

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23848

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

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