#A23949#A23949

#A23949 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.139 H 14.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23949
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.73, 44.58, 14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.73, 46.74, 17.48°)
OKLab	oklab(49.78% 0.1342 0.0352)
OKLCH	oklch(49.78% 0.139 14.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5675, 11.0909, 7.5177)
Luminance	0.1109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23949 #39A292

analogous

#A2397D #A23949 #A25D39

triadic

#A23949 #49A239 #3949A2

tetradic

#A23949 #7DA239 #39A292 #5D39A2

square

#A23949 #7DA239 #39A292 #5D39A2

split-complementary

#A23949 #39A25D #397DA2

monochromatic

#471920 #752935 #A23949 #C35566 #D3828F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.53

#A23949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.22

#A23949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23949

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23949	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)

#525049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1263F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.139 14.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3757b',
    500: '#a23949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23949;
$custom-light: #c3757b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.857,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49782,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 14.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23949

secondary

#7ABDB3

accent

#D8C350

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23949

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

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