#A23C48#A23C48

#A23C48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.135 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C48
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 72)
HSL	hsl(353, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(353, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.22, 43.14, 15.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.22, 45.78, 19.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.14% 0.1295 0.0382)
OKLCH	oklch(50.14% 0.135 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6874, 11.3832, 7.3954)
Luminance	0.1138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C48 #3CA296

analogous

#A23C7B #A23C48 #A2633C

triadic

#A23C48 #48A23C #3C48A2

tetradic

#A23C48 #7BA23C #3CA296 #633CA2

square

#A23C48 #7BA23C #3CA296 #633CA2

split-complementary

#A23C48 #3CA263 #3C7BA2

monochromatic

#491B20 #752B34 #A23C48 #C25966 #D2868F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.41

#A23C48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.28

#A23C48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C48

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C48	1.00	6.41	3.28	6.41
#FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.28	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.41	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545248

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12A41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.135 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3777a',
    500: '#a23c48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c48;
$custom-light: #c3777a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.941,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50138,
    "c": 0.13499,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11381
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C48

secondary

#7DBCB5

accent

#D6C652

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C48

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

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