#A8232E#A8232E

#A8232E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8232E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 46)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 53.11, 28.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 60.07, 27.85°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.1554 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.168 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2446, 9.7269, 3.5537)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8232E #23A89D

analogous

#A82370 #A8232E #A85B23

triadic

#A8232E #2EA823 #232EA8

tetradic

#A8232E #70A823 #23A89D #5B23A8

square

#A8232E #70A823 #23A89D #5B23A8

split-complementary

#A8232E #23A85B #2370A8

monochromatic

#430E12 #751820 #A8232E #D53441 #DF6670

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A8232E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A8232E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8232E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8232E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8232E	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8232e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b66',
    500: '#a8232e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8232e;
$custom-light: #ca6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8232e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.038,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48052,
    "c": 0.16811,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09724
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8232E

secondary

#62C5BD

accent

#E8DA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8232E

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

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