#A8232C#A8232C

#A8232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.168 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8232C
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.32, 53.02, 29.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.32, 60.56, 28.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1547 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.168 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.2061, 9.7115, 3.3509)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8232C #23A89F

analogous

#A8236E #A8232C #A85D23

triadic

#A8232C #2CA823 #232CA8

tetradic

#A8232C #6EA823 #23A89F #5D23A8

square

#A8232C #6EA823 #23A89F #5D23A8

split-complementary

#A8232C #23A85D #236EA8

monochromatic

#430E11 #75181F #A8232C #D5343E #DF666E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A8232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A8232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8232C

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8232C	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.168 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b65',
    500: '#a8232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8232c;
$custom-light: #ca6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.94,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48022,
    "c": 0.16828,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09709
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8232C

secondary

#62C5BE

accent

#E8DD3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8232C

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

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