#A23A49#A23A49

#A23A49 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.138 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23A49
RGB	rgb(162, 58, 73)
HSL	hsl(351, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(351, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 64.2%, 54.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.90, 44.14, 14.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.90, 46.38, 17.92°)
OKLab	oklab(49.91% 0.1328 0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(49.91% 0.138 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6175, 11.1908, 7.5344)
Luminance	0.1119 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23A49 #3AA293

analogous

#A23A7D #A23A49 #A25F3A

triadic

#A23A49 #49A23A #3A49A2

tetradic

#A23A49 #7DA23A #3AA293 #5F3AA2

square

#A23A49 #7DA23A #3AA293 #5F3AA2

split-complementary

#A23A49 #3AA25F #3A7DA2

monochromatic

#481A20 #752A35 #A23A49 #C35766 #D3848F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.49

#A23A49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.24

#A23A49 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23A49

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23A49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23A49	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)

#535149

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12840

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23a49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 58, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.138 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3767b',
    500: '#a23a49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23a49;
$custom-light: #c3767b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23a49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 58,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.346,
    "s": 47.273,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49907,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23A49

secondary

#7BBDB3

accent

#D7C451

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23A49

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

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