#A23B48#A23B48

#A23B48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.113; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.136 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23B48
RGB	rgb(162, 59, 72)
HSL	hsl(352, 47%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(352, 64%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.6%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.05, 43.60, 15.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.05, 46.14, 19.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.01% 0.1309 0.0376)
OKLCH	oklch(50.01% 0.136 16)
XYZ	xyz(17.6355, 11.2795, 7.3781)
Luminance	0.1128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23B48 #3BA295

analogous

#A23B7B #A23B48 #A2613B

triadic

#A23B48 #48A23B #3B48A2

tetradic

#A23B48 #7BA23B #3BA295 #613BA2

square

#A23B48 #7BA23B #3BA295 #613BA2

split-complementary

#A23B48 #3BA261 #3B7BA2

monochromatic

#481A20 #752B34 #A23B48 #C25865 #D3858F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.45

#A23B48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.26

#A23B48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23B48

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23B48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23B48	1.00	6.45	3.26	6.45
#FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.26	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.45	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545148

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12940

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5E5E5E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23b48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 59, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.136 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3767a',
    500: '#a23b48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23b48;
$custom-light: #c3767a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23b48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 59,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.427,
    "s": 46.606,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5001,
    "c": 0.13624,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.11277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23B48

secondary

#7CBDB4

accent

#D6C552

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23B48

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

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