#A6233E#A6233E

#A6233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 15.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6233E
RGB	rgb(166, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.9%, 62.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 53.39, 17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 56.27, 18.40°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.16 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.166 15.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.1982, 9.6594, 5.5154)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6233E #23A68B

analogous

#A6237F #A6233E #A64A23

triadic

#A6233E #3EA623 #233EA6

tetradic

#A6233E #7FA623 #23A68B #4A23A6

square

#A6233E #7FA623 #23A68B #4A23A6

split-complementary

#A6233E #23A64A #237FA6

monochromatic

#410E18 #73182B #A6233E #D43254 #DF657E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A6233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6233E

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6233E	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A613A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 15.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b73',
    500: '#a6233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6233e;
$custom-light: #c86b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.634,
    "s": 65.174,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47978,
    "c": 0.16576,
    "h": 15.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09657
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6233E

secondary

#61C4B0

accent

#E8C540

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6233E

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

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