#A6233B#A6233B

#A6233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.166 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6233B
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 64.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 53.20, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 56.70, 20.22°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1588 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.166 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1182, 9.6274, 5.0937)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6233B #23A68E

analogous

#A6237C #A6233B #A64D23

triadic

#A6233B #3BA623 #233BA6

tetradic

#A6233B #7CA623 #23A68E #4D23A6

square

#A6233B #7CA623 #23A68E #4D23A6

split-complementary

#A6233B #23A64D #237CA6

monochromatic

#410E17 #731829 #A6233B #D43250 #DF657B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A6233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6233B

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6233B	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.166 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b70',
    500: '#a6233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6233b;
$custom-light: #c86b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47916,
    "c": 0.16568,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6233B

secondary

#61C4B2

accent

#E8C940

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6233B

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

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