#A4233D#A4233D

#A4233D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.164 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4233D
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 62.8%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.81, 52.74, 17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.81, 55.65, 18.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.158 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.164 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7549, 9.4340, 5.3527)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4233D #23A48A

analogous

#A4237E #A4233D #A44A23

triadic

#A4233D #3DA423 #233DA4

tetradic

#A4233D #7EA423 #23A48A #4A23A4

square

#A4233D #7EA423 #23A48A #4A23A4

split-complementary

#A4233D #23A44A #237EA4

monochromatic

#3F0D17 #72182A #A4233D #D33152 #DE647C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A4233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A4233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4233D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4233D	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48453D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.164 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b72',
    500: '#a4233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4233d;
$custom-light: #c66b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.907,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47592,
    "c": 0.16381,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4233D

secondary

#60C3AF

accent

#E8C640

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4233D

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

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