#A23D45#A23D45

#A23D45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.114; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.134 H 18.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23D45
RGB	rgb(162, 61, 69)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 62.3%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.33, 42.43, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.33, 45.84, 22.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.2% 0.1268 0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(50.2% 0.134 18.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6448, 11.4508, 6.9101)
Luminance	0.1145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23D45 #3DA29A

analogous

#A23D77 #A23D45 #A2673D

triadic

#A23D45 #45A23D #3D45A2

tetradic

#A23D45 #77A23D #3DA29A #673DA2

square

#A23D45 #77A23D #3DA29A #673DA2

split-complementary

#A23D45 #3DA267 #3D77A2

monochromatic

#491C1F #762C32 #A23D45 #C15B63 #D2878D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.38

#A23D45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.29

#A23D45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23D45

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23D45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23D45	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)

#565245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23d45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 61, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.134 18.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37778',
    500: '#a23d45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23d45;
$custom-light: #c37778;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23d45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 61,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.248,
    "s": 45.291,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50201,
    "c": 0.13381,
    "h": 18.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23D45

secondary

#7EBCB7

accent

#D5CB53

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23D45

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

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