#A23E41#A23E41

#A23E41 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.133 H 21.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E41
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 65)
HSL	hsl(358, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(358, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 59.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.43, 41.65, 19.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.43, 46.18, 25.59°)
OKLab	oklab(50.25% 0.1237 0.0486)
OKLCH	oklch(50.25% 0.133 21.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5786, 11.5106, 6.2961)
Luminance	0.1151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E41 #3EA29F

analogous

#A23E73 #A23E41 #A26D3E

triadic

#A23E41 #41A23E #3E41A2

tetradic

#A23E41 #73A23E #3EA29F #6D3EA2

square

#A23E41 #73A23E #3EA29F #6D3EA2

split-complementary

#A23E41 #3EA26D #3E73A2

monochromatic

#491C1D #762D2F #A23E41 #C15C5F #D2898B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.36

#A23E41 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#A23E41 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E41

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E41	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E41	1.00	6.36	3.30	6.36
#FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#575240

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70673F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12B40

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e41;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.133 21.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37875',
    500: '#a23e41',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e41;
$custom-light: #c37875;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e41",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.2,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50249,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 21.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11508
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E41

secondary

#80BCBA

accent

#D4D053

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#140908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E41

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

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