#A6232E#A6232E

#A6232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6232E
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.95, 52.51, 27.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.95, 59.27, 27.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1537 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.166 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8220, 9.5089, 3.5339)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6232E #23A69B

analogous

#A62370 #A6232E #A65A23

triadic

#A6232E #2EA623 #232EA6

tetradic

#A6232E #70A623 #23A69B #5A23A6

square

#A6232E #70A623 #23A69B #5A23A6

split-complementary

#A6232E #23A65A #2370A6

monochromatic

#410E12 #731820 #A6232E #D43240 #DF656F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.24

#A6232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A6232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6232E

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6232E	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)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a6232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6232e;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.962,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47683,
    "c": 0.16614,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6232E

secondary

#61C4BC

accent

#E8DA40

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6232E

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

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