#A8232A#A8232A

#A8232A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.168 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A8232A
RGBrgb(168, 35, 42)
HSLhsl(357, 66%, 40%)
HSVhsv(357, 79%, 66%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.2%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LABlab(37.29, 52.94, 30.44)
CIE-LCHlch(37.29, 61.06, 29.90°)
OKLaboklab(47.99% 0.1539 0.0685)
OKLCHoklch(47.99% 0.168 24)
XYZxyz(17.1694, 9.6968, 3.1577)
Luminance0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A8232A #23A8A1
analogous
#A8236D #A8232A #A85E23
triadic
#A8232A #2AA823 #232AA8
tetradic
#A8232A #6DA823 #23A8A1 #5E23A8
square
#A8232A #6DA823 #23A8A1 #5E23A8
split-complementary
#A8232A #23A85E #236DA8
monochromatic
#430E11 #75181D #A8232A #D5343C #DF666D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15
#A8232A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94
#A8232A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8232A
7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A8232A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A8232A1.007.152.947.15
#FFFFFF7.151.0021.001.00
#0000002.9421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.151.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4C4529
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6D6225
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B90027
Achromatopsia (no color)
#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a8232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.168 24.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b64',
    500: '#a8232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a8232a;
$custom-light: #ca6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a8232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47994,
    "c": 0.16847,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A8232A
secondary
#62C5C0
accent
#E8E03F
background
#FDF6F5
surface
#FBECEA
border
#D4C7C6
text
#150705
muted
#837A79

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#A8232A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva