#A0231E#A0231E

#A0231E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.088; OKLCH L 46.4% C 0.162 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0231E
RGB	rgb(160, 35, 30)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.54, 50.03, 35.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.54, 61.13, 35.06°)
OKLab	oklab(46.36% 0.1431 0.0758)
OKLCH	oklch(46.36% 0.162 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3344, 8.7718, 2.1138)
Luminance	0.0877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0231E #1E9BA0

analogous

#A01E5A #A0231E #A0641E

triadic

#A0231E #1EA023 #231EA0

tetradic

#A0231E #5AA01E #1E9BA0 #641EA0

square

#A0231E #5AA01E #1E9BA0 #641EA0

split-complementary

#A0231E #1EA064 #1E5AA0

monochromatic

#390C0B #6C1814 #A0231E #D42E28 #E05E59

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.63

#A0231E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.75

#A0231E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0231E

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0231E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0231E	1.00	7.63	2.75	7.63
#FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.75	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.63	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A421C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695D18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0231e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 35, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.4% 0.162 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5695b',
    500: '#a0231e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0231e;
$custom-light: #c5695b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0231e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.308,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46361,
    "c": 0.16197,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08769
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0231E

secondary

#56BFC4

accent

#E5EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAEBE9

border

#D3C6C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0231E

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

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