#A6232C#A6232C

#A6232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6232C
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 73.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.92, 52.42, 28.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.92, 59.75, 28.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.153 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.166 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7835, 9.4935, 3.3311)
Luminance	0.0949 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6232C #23A69D

analogous

#A6236E #A6232C #A65C23

triadic

#A6232C #2CA623 #232CA6

tetradic

#A6232C #6EA623 #23A69D #5C23A6

square

#A6232C #6EA623 #23A69D #5C23A6

split-complementary

#A6232C #23A65C #236EA6

monochromatic

#410E11 #73181F #A6232C #D4323D #DF656D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.25

#A6232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A6232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6232C

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6232C	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)

#4B452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b65',
    500: '#a6232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6232c;
$custom-light: #c96b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.878,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47653,
    "c": 0.16632,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6232C

secondary

#61C4BD

accent

#E8DD40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6232C

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

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