#A23E4E#A23E4E

#A23E4E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.133 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A23E4E
RGB	rgb(162, 62, 78)
HSL	hsl(350, 45%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(350, 62%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 61.7%, 51.9%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.70, 42.73, 12.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.70, 44.45, 15.99°)
OKLab	oklab(50.54% 0.129 0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(50.54% 0.133 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.9995, 11.6789, 8.5126)
Luminance	0.1168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A23E4E #3EA292

analogous

#A23E80 #A23E4E #A2603E

triadic

#A23E4E #4EA23E #3E4EA2

tetradic

#A23E4E #80A23E #3EA292 #603EA2

square

#A23E4E #80A23E #3EA292 #603EA2

split-complementary

#A23E4E #3EA260 #3E80A2

monochromatic

#491C23 #762D39 #A23E4E #C15C6C #D28994

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.30

#A23E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.34

#A23E4E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A23E4E

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A23E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A23E4E	1.00	6.30	3.34	6.30
#FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.34	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#55534E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E684C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B02E44

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a23e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 62, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.133 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c2787f',
    500: '#a23e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a23e4e;
$custom-light: #c2787f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a23e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 62,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.4,
    "s": 44.643,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50544,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.11677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A23E4E

secondary

#80BCB3

accent

#D4C053

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F8EDEE

border

#D1C8C9

text

#13090A

muted

#827B7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A23E4E

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

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