#A7232D#A7232D

#A7232D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7232D
RGB	rgb(167, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 52.76, 28.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 59.91, 28.27°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1542 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.167 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0130, 9.6097, 3.4412)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7232D #23A79D

analogous

#A7236F #A7232D #A75B23

triadic

#A7232D #2DA723 #232DA7

tetradic

#A7232D #6FA723 #23A79D #5B23A7

square

#A7232D #6FA723 #23A79D #5B23A7

split-complementary

#A7232D #23A75B #236FA7

monochromatic

#420E12 #74181F #A7232D #D4333F #DF666F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A7232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A7232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7232D

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7232D	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)

#4B452C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6128

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b66',
    500: '#a7232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7232d;
$custom-light: #ca6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.455,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47852,
    "c": 0.16722,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09607
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7232D

secondary

#61C4BD

accent

#E8DC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7232D

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

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