#A7232B#A7232B

#A7232B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.167 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A7232B
RGBrgb(167, 35, 43)
HSLhsl(356, 65%, 40%)
HSVhsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LABlab(37.10, 52.68, 29.56)
CIE-LCHlch(37.10, 60.41, 29.30°)
OKLaboklab(47.82% 0.1535 0.0669)
OKLCHoklch(47.82% 0.167 23.5)
XYZxyz(16.9754, 9.5946, 3.2432)
Luminance0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A7232B #23A79F
analogous
#A7236D #A7232B #A75D23
triadic
#A7232B #2BA723 #232BA7
tetradic
#A7232B #6DA723 #23A79F #5D23A7
square
#A7232B #6DA723 #23A79F #5D23A7
split-complementary
#A7232B #23A75D #236DA7
monochromatic
#420E11 #74181E #A7232B #D4333D #DF666D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.20
#A7232B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92
#A7232B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7232B
7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A7232B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A7232B1.007.202.927.20
#FFFFFF7.201.0021.001.00
#0000002.9221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.201.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C452A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C6126
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B80028
Achromatopsia (no color)
#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a7232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.167 23.5);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b64',
    500: '#a7232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a7232b;
$custom-light: #ca6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a7232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47823,
    "c": 0.16739,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A7232B
secondary
#61C4BE
accent
#E8DE3F
background
#FDF6F6
surface
#FBECEB
border
#D4C7C6
text
#150705
muted
#837A7A

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#A7232B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva