#A6232D#A6232D

#A6232D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6232D
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 72.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.93, 52.46, 28.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.93, 59.51, 28.16°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.1534 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.166 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8025, 9.5012, 3.4313)
Luminance	0.0950 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6232D #23A69C

analogous

#A6236F #A6232D #A65B23

triadic

#A6232D #2DA623 #232DA6

tetradic

#A6232D #6FA623 #23A69C #5B23A6

square

#A6232D #6FA623 #23A69C #5B23A6

split-complementary

#A6232D #23A65B #236FA6

monochromatic

#410E12 #73181F #A6232D #D4323F #DF656E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A6232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A6232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6232D

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6232D	1.00	7.24	2.90	7.24
#FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.24	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a6232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6232d;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.42,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47668,
    "c": 0.16623,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6232D

secondary

#61C4BC

accent

#E8DB40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6232D

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

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