#A6232F#A6232F

#A6232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 21.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6232F
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.96, 52.56, 26.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.96, 59.04, 27.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.7% 0.1541 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(47.7% 0.166 21.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8419, 9.5169, 3.6389)
Luminance	0.0951 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6232F #23A69A

analogous

#A62371 #A6232F #A65923

triadic

#A6232F #2FA623 #232FA6

tetradic

#A6232F #71A623 #23A69A #5923A6

square

#A6232F #71A623 #23A69A #5923A6

split-complementary

#A6232F #23A659 #2371A6

monochromatic

#410E12 #731821 #A6232F #D43241 #DF6570

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A6232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A6232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6232F

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6232F	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 21.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b67',
    500: '#a6232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6232f;
$custom-light: #c96b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.504,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47699,
    "c": 0.16607,
    "h": 21.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6232F

secondary

#61C4BB

accent

#E8D940

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6232F

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

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