#A23959#A23959

#A23959 is a mid, vivid pink. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.141 H 5.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23959
RGB	rgb(162, 57, 89)
HSL	hsl(342, 48%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(342, 65%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.8%, 45.1%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.13, 46.07, 4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.13, 46.29, 5.63°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% 0.1405 0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.141 5)
XYZ	xyz(18.1679, 11.3311, 10.6796)
Luminance	0.1133 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	pink

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23959 #39A282

analogous

#A2398D #A23959 #A24D39

triadic

#A23959 #59A239 #3959A2

tetradic

#A23959 #8DA239 #39A282 #4D39A2

square

#A23959 #8DA239 #39A282 #4D39A2

split-complementary

#A23959 #39A24D #398DA2

monochromatic

#471927 #752940 #A23959 #C35577 #D3829B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.43

#A23959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.27

#A23959 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23959

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23959	1.00	6.43	3.27	6.43
#FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.27	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F525A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6657

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02B45

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 57, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.141 5.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c27587',
    500: '#a23959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23959;
$custom-light: #c27587;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 57,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 341.714,
    "s": 47.945,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50211,
    "c": 0.14106,
    "h": 5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23959

secondary

#7ABDA8

accent

#D8AE50

background

#FCF7F8

surface

#F8EDEF

border

#D1C8CA

text

#13090B

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23959

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

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