#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
RGB	rgb(167, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 74.3%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.10, 52.68, 29.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.10, 60.41, 29.30°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.1535 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.167 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.9754, 9.5946, 3.2432)
Luminance	0.0959 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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
##A7232B	1.00	7.20	2.92	7.20
#FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.20	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7232B

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

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