#A8233F#A8233F

#A8233F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8233F
RGB	rgb(168, 35, 63)
HSL	hsl(347, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(347, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.2%, 62.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 54.04, 17.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 56.88, 18.19°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1621 0.0432)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.168 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6485, 9.8884, 5.6810)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8233F #23A88C

analogous

#A82382 #A8233F #A84923

triadic

#A8233F #3FA823 #233FA8

tetradic

#A8233F #82A823 #23A88C #4923A8

square

#A8233F #82A823 #23A88C #4923A8

split-complementary

#A8233F #23A849 #2382A8

monochromatic

#430E19 #75182C #A8233F #D53455 #DF6680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A8233F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A8233F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8233F

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8233F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8233F	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49473F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8233f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 35, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b73',
    500: '#a8233f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8233f;
$custom-light: #c96b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8233f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.368,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48364,
    "c": 0.16771,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8233F

secondary

#62C5B0

accent

#E8C53F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8233F

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

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