#A9223C#A9223C

#A9223C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.169 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9223C
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 60)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.68, 54.44, 19.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.68, 57.91, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(48.41% 0.1626 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(48.41% 0.169 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7517, 9.9080, 5.2518)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9223C #22A98F

analogous

#A92280 #A9223C #A94B22

triadic

#A9223C #3CA922 #223CA9

tetradic

#A9223C #80A922 #22A98F #4B22A9

square

#A9223C #80A922 #22A98F #4B22A9

split-complementary

#A9223C #22A94B #2280A9

monochromatic

#430D18 #76182A #A9223C #D63252 #E0657D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A9223C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9223C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9223C

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9223C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9223C	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9223c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.169 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b71',
    500: '#a9223c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9223c;
$custom-light: #ca6b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9223c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.444,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48407,
    "c": 0.1694,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09905
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9223C

secondary

#61C5B2

accent

#E9C83E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9223C

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

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