#A23947#A23947

#A23947 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.139 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23947
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 71)
HSL	hsl(352, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 56.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.69, 44.42, 15.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.69, 46.96, 18.93°)
OKLab	oklab(49.74% 0.1334 0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(49.74% 0.139 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5023, 11.0649, 7.1741)
Luminance	0.1106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23947 #39A294

analogous

#A2397B #A23947 #A25F39

triadic

#A23947 #47A239 #3947A2

tetradic

#A23947 #7BA239 #39A294 #5F39A2

square

#A23947 #7BA239 #39A294 #5F39A2

split-complementary

#A23947 #39A25F #397BA2

monochromatic

#47191F #752933 #A23947 #C35564 #D3828D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.54

#A23947 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.21

#A23947 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23947

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23947	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23947	1.00	6.54	3.21	6.54
#FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.21	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#525047

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6644

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5D5D5D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23947;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.139 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3757a',
    500: '#a23947',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23947;
$custom-light: #c3757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23947",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49735,
    "c": 0.13869,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23947

secondary

#7ABDB4

accent

#D8C550

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23947

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

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