#A8233D#A8233D

#A8233D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.168 H 15.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8233D
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 61)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 53.91, 18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 57.15, 19.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1612 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.168 15.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5937, 9.8665, 5.3920)
Luminance	0.0986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8233D #23A88E

analogous

#A8237F #A8233D #A84C23

triadic

#A8233D #3DA823 #233DA8

tetradic

#A8233D #7FA823 #23A88E #4C23A8

square

#A8233D #7FA823 #23A88E #4C23A8

split-complementary

#A8233D #23A84C #237FA8

monochromatic

#430E18 #75182B #A8233D #D53453 #DF667E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A8233D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8233D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8233D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8233D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8233D	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8233d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.168 15.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b72',
    500: '#a8233d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8233d;
$custom-light: #c96b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8233d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.271,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48322,
    "c": 0.16763,
    "h": 15.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8233D

secondary

#62C5B1

accent

#E8C73F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8233D

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

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