#A0233E#A0233E

#A0233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.160 H 14.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0233E
RGB	rgb(160, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(347, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(347, 78%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 61.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.03, 51.62, 15.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.03, 54.03, 17.19°)
OKLab	oklab(46.88% 0.1551 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(46.88% 0.16 14.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.9694, 9.0258, 5.4578)
Luminance	0.0902 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0233E #23A085

analogous

#A0237C #A0233E #A04623

triadic

#A0233E #3EA023 #233EA0

tetradic

#A0233E #7CA023 #23A085 #4623A0

square

#A0233E #7CA023 #23A085 #4623A0

split-complementary

#A0233E #23A046 #237CA0

monochromatic

#3C0D17 #6E182B #A0233E #D12F52 #DC617C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#A0233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#A0233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0233E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0233E	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#46443E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#665E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.160 14.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36a73',
    500: '#a0233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0233e;
$custom-light: #c36a73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.04,
    "s": 64.103,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46884,
    "c": 0.16,
    "h": 14.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0233E

secondary

#5DC1AC

accent

#E7C341

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0233E

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

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