#A02237#A02237

#A02237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.161 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A02237
RGB	rgb(160, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(350, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 65.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, 51.49, 20.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 55.28, 21.35°)
OKLab	oklab(46.65% 0.1533 0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(46.65% 0.161 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7605, 8.8959, 4.5009)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A02237 #22A08B

analogous

#A02276 #A02237 #A04C22

triadic

#A02237 #37A022 #2237A0

tetradic

#A02237 #76A022 #22A08B #4C22A0

square

#A02237 #76A022 #22A08B #4C22A0

split-complementary

#A02237 #22A04C #2276A0

monochromatic

#3B0D14 #6E1726 #A02237 #D22D48 #DD5F74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#A02237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#A02237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A02237

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A02237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A02237	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#474337

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665E33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a02237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.161 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a6d',
    500: '#a02237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a02237;
$custom-light: #c36a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a02237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46654,
    "c": 0.1607,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.08893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A02237

secondary

#5CC2B1

accent

#E8CC40

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEB

border

#D2C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A02237

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

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