#A8223E#A8223E

#A8223E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.169 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8223E
RGB	rgb(168, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.8%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 54.27, 18.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 57.25, 18.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1626 0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.169 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.5918, 9.8193, 5.5255)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8223E #22A88C

analogous

#A82281 #A8223E #A84922

triadic

#A8223E #3EA822 #223EA8

tetradic

#A8223E #81A822 #22A88C #4922A8

square

#A8223E #81A822 #22A88C #4922A8

split-complementary

#A8223E #22A849 #2281A8

monochromatic

#420D18 #75182B #A8223E #D53254 #E0657E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A8223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8223E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8223E	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.169 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b73',
    500: '#a8223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8223e;
$custom-light: #c96b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.463,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48265,
    "c": 0.1685,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09817
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8223E

secondary

#61C5B0

accent

#E9C63F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8223E

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

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