#A5232F#A5232F

#A5232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 21.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5232F
RGB	rgb(165, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(354, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(354, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.76, 52.26, 26.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.76, 58.64, 26.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.51% 0.1533 0.0613)
OKLCH	oklch(47.51% 0.165 21.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6331, 9.4092, 3.6291)
Luminance	0.0941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5232F #23A599

analogous

#A52370 #A5232F #A55823

triadic

#A5232F #2FA523 #232FA5

tetradic

#A5232F #70A523 #23A599 #5823A5

square

#A5232F #70A523 #23A599 #5823A5

split-complementary

#A5232F #23A558 #2370A5

monochromatic

#400E12 #731821 #A5232F #D33241 #DE646F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A5232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A5232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5232F

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5232F	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A452E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B602B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 21.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a67',
    500: '#a5232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5232f;
$custom-light: #c86a67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47514,
    "c": 0.16509,
    "h": 21.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09407
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5232F

secondary

#60C4BA

accent

#E8D840

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5232F

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

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