#A02231#A02231

#A02231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.161 H 20.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02231
RGB	rgb(160, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(353, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 69.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.68, 51.16, 23.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.68, 56.42, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(46.54% 0.1509 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(46.54% 0.161 20.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.6254, 8.8418, 3.7890)
Luminance	0.0884 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02231 #22A091

analogous

#A02270 #A02231 #A05222

triadic

#A02231 #31A022 #2231A0

tetradic

#A02231 #70A022 #22A091 #5222A0

square

#A02231 #70A022 #22A091 #5222A0

split-complementary

#A02231 #22A052 #2270A0

monochromatic

#3B0D12 #6E1722 #A02231 #D22D41 #DD5F6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.59

#A02231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.77

#A02231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02231

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02231	1.00	7.59	2.77	7.59
#FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.59	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484331

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675D2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B00029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.161 20.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46969',
    500: '#a02231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02231;
$custom-light: #c46969;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.857,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46542,
    "c": 0.16086,
    "h": 20.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.08839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02231

secondary

#5CC2B6

accent

#E8D440

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02231

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

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