#A23E47#A23E47

#A23E47 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.133 H 17.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E47
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 71)
HSL	hsl(355, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(355, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 56.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.55, 42.12, 16.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.55, 45.20, 21.26°)
OKLab	oklab(50.38% 0.1261 0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(50.38% 0.133 17.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7618, 11.5838, 7.2606)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E47 #3EA299

analogous

#A23E79 #A23E47 #A2673E

triadic

#A23E47 #47A23E #3E47A2

tetradic

#A23E47 #79A23E #3EA299 #673EA2

square

#A23E47 #79A23E #3EA299 #673EA2

split-complementary

#A23E47 #3EA267 #3E79A2

monochromatic

#491C20 #762D34 #A23E47 #C15C65 #D2898F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#A23E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#A23E47 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E47

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E47	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565347

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6745

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.133 17.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3787a',
    500: '#a23e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e47;
$custom-light: #c3787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.6,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50378,
    "c": 0.13251,
    "h": 17.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.11582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E47

secondary

#80BCB7

accent

#D4C953

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EDED

border

#D2C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E47

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

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