#A8232D#A8232D

#A8232D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.168 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8232D
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.33, 53.07, 28.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.33, 60.31, 28.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.04% 0.155 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.04% 0.168 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2251, 9.7191, 3.4511)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8232D #23A89E

analogous

#A8236F #A8232D #A85C23

triadic

#A8232D #2DA823 #232DA8

tetradic

#A8232D #6FA823 #23A89E #5C23A8

square

#A8232D #6FA823 #23A89E #5C23A8

split-complementary

#A8232D #23A85C #236FA8

monochromatic

#430E12 #75181F #A8232D #D53440 #DF666F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A8232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A8232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8232D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8232D	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)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.168 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b66',
    500: '#a8232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8232d;
$custom-light: #ca6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.489,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48037,
    "c": 0.16819,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09716
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8232D

secondary

#62C5BD

accent

#E8DC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8232D

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

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