#A23E48#A23E48

#A23E48 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.133 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E48
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 72)
HSL	hsl(354, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(354, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 55.6%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.57, 42.21, 15.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.57, 45.07, 20.52°)
OKLab	oklab(50.4% 0.1265 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(50.4% 0.133 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7941, 11.5968, 7.4310)
Luminance	0.1159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E48 #3EA298

analogous

#A23E7A #A23E48 #A2663E

triadic

#A23E48 #48A23E #3E48A2

tetradic

#A23E48 #7AA23E #3EA298 #663EA2

square

#A23E48 #7AA23E #3EA298 #663EA2

split-complementary

#A23E48 #3EA266 #3E7AA2

monochromatic

#491C21 #762D34 #A23E48 #C15C66 #D28990

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#A23E48 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#A23E48 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E48

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E48	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E48	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)

#565348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F6746

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B12D42

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e48;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 72);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.133 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3787a',
    500: '#a23e48',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e48;
$custom-light: #c3787a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e48",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 72
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.504,
    "c": 0.1325,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.11595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E48

secondary

#80BCB6

accent

#D4C753

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDED

border

#D1C8C8

text

#130909

muted

#827B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E48

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

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