#A6233C#A6233C

#A6233C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.166 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6233C
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 63.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 53.26, 18.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 56.55, 19.62°)
OKLab	oklab(47.94% 0.1592 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(47.94% 0.166 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1444, 9.6379, 5.2316)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6233C #23A68D

analogous

#A6237D #A6233C #A64C23

triadic

#A6233C #3CA623 #233CA6

tetradic

#A6233C #7DA623 #23A68D #4C23A6

square

#A6233C #7DA623 #23A68D #4C23A6

split-complementary

#A6233C #23A64C #237DA6

monochromatic

#410E17 #73182A #A6233C #D43251 #DF657C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A6233C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6233C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6233C

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6233C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6233C	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6233c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.166 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b71',
    500: '#a6233c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6233c;
$custom-light: #c86b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6233c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.55,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47936,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6233C

secondary

#61C4B1

accent

#E8C840

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6233C

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

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