#A8233A#A8233A

#A8233A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.168 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8233A
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 53.73, 20.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 57.62, 21.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.26% 0.1601 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(48.26% 0.168 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.5151, 9.8351, 4.9783)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8233A #23A891

analogous

#A8237D #A8233A #A84F23

triadic

#A8233A #3AA823 #233AA8

tetradic

#A8233A #7DA823 #23A891 #4F23A8

square

#A8233A #7DA823 #23A891 #4F23A8

split-complementary

#A8233A #23A84F #237DA8

monochromatic

#430E17 #751829 #A8233A #D5344F #DF667B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A8233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8233A

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8233A	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6236

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.168 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b70',
    500: '#a8233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8233a;
$custom-light: #c96b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.624,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48262,
    "c": 0.1676,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8233A

secondary

#62C5B4

accent

#E8CB3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8233A

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

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