#A23850#A23850

#A23850 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.141 H 10.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23850
RGB	rgb(162, 56, 80)
HSL	hsl(346, 49%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(346, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 65.4%, 50.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 45.64, 9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 46.65, 11.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.84% 0.1384 0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(49.84% 0.141 10.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.7639, 11.0912, 8.7932)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23850 #38A28A

analogous

#A23885 #A23850 #A25538

triadic

#A23850 #50A238 #3850A2

tetradic

#A23850 #85A238 #38A28A #5538A2

square

#A23850 #85A238 #38A28A #5538A2

split-complementary

#A23850 #38A255 #3885A2

monochromatic

#471923 #75283A #A23850 #C4536D #D38194

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A23850 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23850 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23850

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23850	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23850	1.00	6.53	3.22	6.53
#FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.22	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.53	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B664D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02741

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23850;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 56, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.141 10.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37580',
    500: '#a23850',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23850;
$custom-light: #c37580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23850",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 56,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.415,
    "s": 48.624,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49836,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 10.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23850

secondary

#79BDAE

accent

#D8B950

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDEE

border

#D1C8C9

text

#13090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23850

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

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