#A7232E#A7232E

#A7232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.167 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7232E
RGB	rgb(167, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 52.81, 27.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 59.67, 27.74°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1546 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.167 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0325, 9.6175, 3.5438)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7232E #23A79C

analogous

#A72370 #A7232E #A75A23

triadic

#A7232E #2EA723 #232EA7

tetradic

#A7232E #70A723 #23A79C #5A23A7

square

#A7232E #70A723 #23A79C #5A23A7

split-complementary

#A7232E #23A75A #2370A7

monochromatic

#420E12 #741820 #A7232E #D43340 #DF6670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A7232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A7232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7232E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7232E	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.167 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a7232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7232e;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 65.347,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47868,
    "c": 0.16713,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7232E

secondary

#61C4BC

accent

#E8DA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7232E

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

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