#A0223B#A0223B

#A0223B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.161 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0223B
RGB	rgb(160, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 63.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.86, 51.74, 17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.86, 54.67, 18.86°)
OKLab	oklab(46.74% 0.1549 0.0429)
OKLCH	oklch(46.74% 0.161 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8603, 8.9358, 5.0265)
Luminance	0.0893 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0223B #22A087

analogous

#A0227A #A0223B #A04822

triadic

#A0223B #3BA022 #223BA0

tetradic

#A0223B #7AA022 #22A087 #4822A0

square

#A0223B #7AA022 #22A087 #4822A0

split-complementary

#A0223B #22A048 #227AA0

monochromatic

#3B0D16 #6E1728 #A0223B #D22D4E #DD5F78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.54

#A0223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.79

#A0223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0223B

7.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0223B	1.00	7.54	2.79	7.54
#FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.79	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.54	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.161 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a70',
    500: '#a0223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0223b;
$custom-light: #c36a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.095,
    "s": 64.948,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46736,
    "c": 0.16075,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0223B

secondary

#5CC2AE

accent

#E8C740

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0223B

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

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