#A23E44#A23E44

#A23E44 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.133 H 19.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E44
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 68)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 58%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.49, 41.88, 18.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.49, 45.65, 23.45°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% 0.1249 0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.133 19.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6679, 11.5462, 6.7660)
Luminance	0.1154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E44 #3EA29C

analogous

#A23E76 #A23E44 #A26A3E

triadic

#A23E44 #44A23E #3E44A2

tetradic

#A23E44 #76A23E #3EA29C #6A3EA2

square

#A23E44 #76A23E #3EA29C #6A3EA2

split-complementary

#A23E44 #3EA26A #3E76A2

monochromatic

#491C1F #762D31 #A23E44 #C15C62 #D2898D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#A23E44 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A23E44 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E44

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E44	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E44	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565244

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706742

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e44;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 68);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.133 19.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37877',
    500: '#a23e44',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e44;
$custom-light: #c37877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e44",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 68
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.4,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50312,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 19.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E44

secondary

#80BCB9

accent

#D4CD53

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130908

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E44

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

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