#A5232C#A5232C

#A5232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 23.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5232C
RGB	rgb(165, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 52.12, 28.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 59.35, 28.59°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.1522 0.0646)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.165 23)
XYZ	xyz(16.5746, 9.3858, 3.3213)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5232C #23A59C

analogous

#A5236D #A5232C #A55B23

triadic

#A5232C #2CA523 #232CA5

tetradic

#A5232C #6DA523 #23A59C #5B23A5

square

#A5232C #6DA523 #23A59C #5B23A5

split-complementary

#A5232C #23A55B #236DA5

monochromatic

#400E11 #73181F #A5232C #D3323D #DE646D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A5232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A5232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5232C

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5232C	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 23.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a65',
    500: '#a5232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5232c;
$custom-light: #c86a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.846,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47468,
    "c": 0.16533,
    "h": 23
  },
  "luminance": 0.09383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5232C

secondary

#60C4BD

accent

#E8DC40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5232C

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

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