#A23B45#A23B45

#A23B45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.112; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.136 H 17.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B45
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 69)
HSL	hsl(354, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(354, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.98, 43.35, 16.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.98, 46.53, 21.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.94% 0.1297 0.0417)
OKLCH	oklch(49.94% 0.136 17.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.5400, 11.2413, 6.8752)
Luminance	0.1124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B45 #3BA298

analogous

#A23B78 #A23B45 #A2643B

triadic

#A23B45 #45A23B #3B45A2

tetradic

#A23B45 #78A23B #3BA298 #643BA2

square

#A23B45 #78A23B #3BA298 #643BA2

split-complementary

#A23B45 #3BA264 #3B78A2

monochromatic

#481A1F #752B32 #A23B45 #C25862 #D3858C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.47

#A23B45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.25

#A23B45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B45

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B45	1.00	6.47	3.25	6.47
#FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545145

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6642

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1283F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.136 17.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37678',
    500: '#a23b45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b45;
$custom-light: #c37678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.175,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49942,
    "c": 0.13625,
    "h": 17.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B45

secondary

#7CBDB6

accent

#D6C952

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B45

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

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