#A7232C#A7232C

#A7232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.167 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7232C
RGB	rgb(167, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 73.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.12, 52.72, 28.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.12, 60.16, 28.79°)
OKLab	oklab(47.84% 0.1538 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(47.84% 0.167 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.9940, 9.6021, 3.3410)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7232C #23A79E

analogous

#A7236E #A7232C #A75C23

triadic

#A7232C #2CA723 #232CA7

tetradic

#A7232C #6EA723 #23A79E #5C23A7

square

#A7232C #6EA723 #23A79E #5C23A7

split-complementary

#A7232C #23A75C #236EA7

monochromatic

#420E11 #74181F #A7232C #D4333E #DF666E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A7232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A7232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7232C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7232C	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C452B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.167 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b65',
    500: '#a7232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7232c;
$custom-light: #ca6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47837,
    "c": 0.1673,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7232C

secondary

#61C4BE

accent

#E8DD3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7232C

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

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