#A23A45#A23A45

#A23A45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.111; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.137 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A45
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.81, 43.81, 16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.81, 46.87, 20.82°)
OKLab	oklab(49.82% 0.1312 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(49.82% 0.137 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4891, 11.1394, 6.8582)
Luminance	0.1114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A45 #3AA297

analogous

#A23A79 #A23A45 #A2633A

triadic

#A23A45 #45A23A #3A45A2

tetradic

#A23A45 #79A23A #3AA297 #633AA2

square

#A23A45 #79A23A #3AA297 #633AA2

split-complementary

#A23A45 #3AA263 #3A79A2

monochromatic

#481A1F #752A32 #A23A45 #C35762 #D3848C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.51

#A23A45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.23

#A23A45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A45

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A45	1.00	6.51	3.23	6.51
#FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.23	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#535045

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1273F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.137 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37678',
    500: '#a23a45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a45;
$custom-light: #c37678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.654,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49815,
    "c": 0.13746,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A45

secondary

#7BBDB6

accent

#D7C951

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A45

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

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