#A4233E#A4233E

#A4233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.164 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4233E
RGB	rgb(164, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(347, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.7%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.83, 52.80, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.83, 55.52, 18.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.61% 0.1584 0.0419)
OKLCH	oklch(47.61% 0.164 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7821, 9.4449, 5.4959)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4233E #23A489

analogous

#A4237F #A4233E #A44923

triadic

#A4233E #3EA423 #233EA4

tetradic

#A4233E #7FA423 #23A489 #4923A4

square

#A4233E #7FA423 #23A489 #4923A4

split-complementary

#A4233E #23A449 #237FA4

monochromatic

#3F0D18 #72182B #A4233E #D33153 #DE647D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A4233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A4233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4233E

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4233E	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48463E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69603A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.164 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b73',
    500: '#a4233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4233e;
$custom-light: #c66b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.442,
    "s": 64.824,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47613,
    "c": 0.16385,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4233E

secondary

#60C3AE

accent

#E8C540

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4233E

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

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