#A6233D#A6233D

#A6233D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6233D
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 63.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.20, 53.33, 18.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.20, 56.40, 19.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1596 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.166 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.1710, 9.6486, 5.3722)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6233D #23A68C

analogous

#A6237E #A6233D #A64B23

triadic

#A6233D #3DA623 #233DA6

tetradic

#A6233D #7EA623 #23A68C #4B23A6

square

#A6233D #7EA623 #23A68C #4B23A6

split-complementary

#A6233D #23A64B #237EA6

monochromatic

#410E18 #73182A #A6233D #D43252 #DF657D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A6233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6233D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6233D	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)

#49463D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b72',
    500: '#a6233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6233d;
$custom-light: #c86b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.092,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47957,
    "c": 0.16572,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6233D

secondary

#61C4B0

accent

#E8C740

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6233D

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

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