#A23C4E#A23C4E

#A23C4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.135 H 12.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23C4E
RGB	rgb(162, 60, 78)
HSL	hsl(349, 46%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(349, 63%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63%, 51.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.35, 43.66, 11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.35, 45.21, 15.08°)
OKLab	oklab(50.28% 0.1319 0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(50.28% 0.135 12.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.8928, 11.4654, 8.4771)
Luminance	0.1146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23C4E #3CA290

analogous

#A23C81 #A23C4E #A25D3C

triadic

#A23C4E #4EA23C #3C4EA2

tetradic

#A23C4E #81A23C #3CA290 #5D3CA2

square

#A23C4E #81A23C #3CA290 #5D3CA2

split-complementary

#A23C4E #3CA25D #3C81A2

monochromatic

#491B23 #752B38 #A23C4E #C2596C #D28694

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A23C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A23C4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23C4E

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23C4E	1.00	6.38	3.29	6.38
#FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.29	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.38	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#53524E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D674C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02C43

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 60, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.135 12.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2777f',
    500: '#a23c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23c4e;
$custom-light: #c2777f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 60,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.412,
    "s": 45.946,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50283,
    "c": 0.13526,
    "h": 12.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.11463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23C4E

secondary

#7DBCB1

accent

#D6BE52

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDEE

border

#D1C8C9

text

#13090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23C4E

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

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