#A5232D#A5232D

#A5232D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5232D
RGB	rgb(165, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 52.16, 27.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 59.11, 28.06°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1525 0.0635)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.165 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5937, 9.3935, 3.4215)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5232D #23A59B

analogous

#A5236E #A5232D #A55A23

triadic

#A5232D #2DA523 #232DA5

tetradic

#A5232D #6EA523 #23A59B #5A23A5

square

#A5232D #6EA523 #23A59B #5A23A5

split-complementary

#A5232D #23A55A #236EA5

monochromatic

#400E11 #73181F #A5232D #D3323E #DE646E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A5232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A5232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5232D

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5232D	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)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6029

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a66',
    500: '#a5232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5232d;
$custom-light: #c86a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47483,
    "c": 0.16524,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5232D

secondary

#60C4BC

accent

#E8DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5232D

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

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