#A5233B#A5233B

#A5233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.165 H 16.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5233B
RGB	rgb(165, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.8%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 52.91, 19.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 56.32, 20.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.73% 0.158 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(47.73% 0.165 16.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9093, 9.5197, 5.0839)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5233B #23A58D

analogous

#A5237C #A5233B #A54C23

triadic

#A5233B #3BA523 #233BA5

tetradic

#A5233B #7CA523 #23A58D #4C23A5

square

#A5233B #7CA523 #23A58D #4C23A5

split-complementary

#A5233B #23A54C #237CA5

monochromatic

#400E17 #731829 #A5233B #D33250 #DE647B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A5233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A5233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5233B

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5233B	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.165 16.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76b70',
    500: '#a5233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5233b;
$custom-light: #c76b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.923,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47733,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 16.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5233B

secondary

#60C4B1

accent

#E8C940

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5233B

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

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