#A23E45#A23E45

#A23E45 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.133 H 19.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E45
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 69)
HSL	hsl(356, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(356, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 57.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.51, 41.96, 17.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.51, 45.49, 22.73°)
OKLab	oklab(50.33% 0.1253 0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(50.33% 0.133 19.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6986, 11.5586, 6.9281)
Luminance	0.1156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E45 #3EA29B

analogous

#A23E77 #A23E45 #A2693E

triadic

#A23E45 #45A23E #3E45A2

tetradic

#A23E45 #77A23E #3EA29B #693EA2

square

#A23E45 #77A23E #3EA29B #693EA2

split-complementary

#A23E45 #3EA269 #3E77A2

monochromatic

#491C1F #762D32 #A23E45 #C15C63 #D2898E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.34

#A23E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#A23E45 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E45

6.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E45	1.00	6.34	3.31	6.34
#FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565245

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#706743

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12C41

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.133 19.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c37878',
    500: '#a23e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e45;
$custom-light: #c37878;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.8,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50334,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 19.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.11556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E45

secondary

#80BCB8

accent

#D4CB53

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E45

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

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