#A23948#A23948

#A23948 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.139 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23948
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 72)
HSL	hsl(351, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.71, 44.50, 14.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.71, 46.85, 18.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.76% 0.1338 0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(49.76% 0.139 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5347, 11.0778, 7.3445)
Luminance	0.1108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23948 #39A293

analogous

#A2397C #A23948 #A25F39

triadic

#A23948 #48A239 #3948A2

tetradic

#A23948 #7CA239 #39A293 #5F39A2

square

#A23948 #7CA239 #39A293 #5F39A2

split-complementary

#A23948 #39A25F #397CA2

monochromatic

#471920 #752934 #A23948 #C35565 #D3828E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A23948 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23948 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23948

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23948	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23948	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)

#525048

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6645

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23948;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.139 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3757a',
    500: '#a23948',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23948;
$custom-light: #c3757a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23948",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49759,
    "c": 0.13871,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11076
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23948

secondary

#7ABDB3

accent

#D8C450

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23948

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

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