#A8233E#A8233E

#A8233E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.168 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8233E
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 53.97, 18.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 57.01, 18.79°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1616 0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.168 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6208, 9.8773, 5.5352)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8233E #23A88D

analogous

#A82380 #A8233E #A84B23

triadic

#A8233E #3EA823 #233EA8

tetradic

#A8233E #80A823 #23A88D #4B23A8

square

#A8233E #80A823 #23A88D #4B23A8

split-complementary

#A8233E #23A84B #2380A8

monochromatic

#430E19 #75182B #A8233E #D53454 #DF667F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A8233E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8233E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8233E

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8233E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8233E	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)

#49473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8233e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.168 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b73',
    500: '#a8233e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8233e;
$custom-light: #c96b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8233e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.82,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48343,
    "c": 0.16767,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8233E

secondary

#62C5B1

accent

#E8C63F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8233E

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

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