#A6232B#A6232B

#A6232B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.166 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6232B
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.90, 52.37, 29.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.90, 60.00, 29.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.64% 0.1526 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(47.64% 0.166 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.7649, 9.4861, 3.2333)
Luminance	0.0948 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6232B #23A69E

analogous

#A6236D #A6232B #A65D23

triadic

#A6232B #2BA623 #232BA6

tetradic

#A6232B #6DA623 #23A69E #5D23A6

square

#A6232B #6DA623 #23A69E #5D23A6

split-complementary

#A6232B #23A65D #236DA6

monochromatic

#410E11 #73181E #A6232B #D4323C #DF656C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A6232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A6232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6232B

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6232B	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)

#4B452A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.166 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b64',
    500: '#a6232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6232b;
$custom-light: #c96b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.336,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47638,
    "c": 0.16641,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6232B

secondary

#61C4BE

accent

#E8DE40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6232B

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

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