#A23950#A23950

#A23950 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.139 H 10.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23950
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 80)
HSL	hsl(347, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(347, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 50.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 45.20, 9.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 46.26, 12.32°)
OKLab	oklab(49.96% 0.137 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(49.96% 0.139 10.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.8128, 11.1891, 8.8095)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23950 #39A28B

analogous

#A23984 #A23950 #A25639

triadic

#A23950 #50A239 #3950A2

tetradic

#A23950 #84A239 #39A28B #5639A2

square

#A23950 #84A239 #39A28B #5639A2

split-complementary

#A23950 #39A256 #3984A2

monochromatic

#471923 #75293A #A23950 #C3556D #D38294

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#A23950 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23950 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23950

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23950	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23950	1.00	6.49	3.24	6.49
#FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#515150

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C664E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02842

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23950;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.139 10.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27580',
    500: '#a23950',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23950;
$custom-light: #c27580;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23950",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.857,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49958,
    "c": 0.13935,
    "h": 10.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23950

secondary

#7ABDAE

accent

#D8BA50

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDEE

border

#D1C8C9

text

#13090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23950

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

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