#A9223D#A9223D

#A9223D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.169 H 15.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9223D
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 61)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 54.50, 19.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 57.76, 19.34°)
OKLab	oklab(48.43% 0.163 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(48.43% 0.169 15.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7784, 9.9187, 5.3923)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9223D #22A98E

analogous

#A92281 #A9223D #A94B22

triadic

#A9223D #3DA922 #223DA9

tetradic

#A9223D #81A922 #22A98E #4B22A9

square

#A9223D #81A922 #22A98E #4B22A9

split-complementary

#A9223D #22A94B #2281A9

monochromatic

#430D18 #76182B #A9223D #D63253 #E0657E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A9223D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A9223D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9223D

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9223D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9223D	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)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9223d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.169 15.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b72',
    500: '#a9223d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9223d;
$custom-light: #ca6b72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9223d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48427,
    "c": 0.16942,
    "h": 15.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9223D

secondary

#61C5B1

accent

#E9C73E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9223D

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

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