#A6232A#A6232A

#A6232A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.167 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6232A
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.89, 52.33, 29.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.89, 60.26, 29.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.62% 0.1523 0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(47.62% 0.167 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.7468, 9.4789, 3.1379)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6232A #23A69F

analogous

#A6236C #A6232A #A65E23

triadic

#A6232A #2AA623 #232AA6

tetradic

#A6232A #6CA623 #23A69F #5E23A6

square

#A6232A #6CA623 #23A69F #5E23A6

split-complementary

#A6232A #23A65E #236CA6

monochromatic

#410E10 #73181D #A6232A #D4323B #DF656B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A6232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A6232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6232A

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6232A	1.00	7.25	2.90	7.25
#FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.25	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.167 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b63',
    500: '#a6232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6232a;
$custom-light: #c96b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47624,
    "c": 0.1665,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09476
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6232A

secondary

#61C4BF

accent

#E8DF40

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6232A

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

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