#A8232F#A8232F

#A8232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.168 H 22.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8232F
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.36, 53.16, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.36, 59.83, 27.32°)
OKLab	oklab(48.07% 0.1558 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(48.07% 0.168 22)
XYZ	xyz(17.2646, 9.7348, 3.6587)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8232F #23A89C

analogous

#A82372 #A8232F #A85923

triadic

#A8232F #2FA823 #232FA8

tetradic

#A8232F #72A823 #23A89C #5923A8

square

#A8232F #72A823 #23A89C #5923A8

split-complementary

#A8232F #23A859 #2372A8

monochromatic

#430E13 #751821 #A8232F #D53442 #DF6671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A8232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A8232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8232F

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8232F	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.168 22.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b67',
    500: '#a8232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8232f;
$custom-light: #ca6b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.586,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48068,
    "c": 0.16803,
    "h": 22
  },
  "luminance": 0.09732
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8232F

secondary

#62C5BC

accent

#E8D93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8232F

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

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