#A9223E#A9223E

#A9223E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.169 H 15.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9223E
RGB	rgb(169, 34, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.9%, 63.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.72, 54.56, 18.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.72, 57.62, 18.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1634 0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.169 15.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8056, 9.9296, 5.5355)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9223E #22A98D

analogous

#A92281 #A9223E #A94A22

triadic

#A9223E #3EA922 #223EA9

tetradic

#A9223E #81A922 #22A98D #4A22A9

square

#A9223E #81A922 #22A98D #4A22A9

split-complementary

#A9223E #22A94A #2281A9

monochromatic

#430D19 #76182B #A9223E #D63254 #E0657F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A9223E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9223E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9223E

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9223E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9223E	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C633A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9223e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 34, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.169 15.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b73',
    500: '#a9223e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9223e;
$custom-light: #ca6b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9223e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.556,
    "s": 66.502,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48448,
    "c": 0.16945,
    "h": 15.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09927
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9223E

secondary

#61C5B1

accent

#E9C63E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9223E

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

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