#A9232A#A9232A

#A9232A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9232A
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 53.24, 30.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 61.46, 29.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.18% 0.1548 0.069)
OKLCH	oklch(48.18% 0.169 24)
XYZ	xyz(17.3832, 9.8070, 3.1677)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9232A #23A9A2

analogous

#A9236D #A9232A #A95F23

triadic

#A9232A #2AA923 #232AA9

tetradic

#A9232A #6DA923 #23A9A2 #5F23A9

square

#A9232A #6DA923 #23A9A2 #5F23A9

split-complementary

#A9232A #23A95F #236DA9

monochromatic

#440E11 #76191D #A9232A #D5343D #DF676D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A9232A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9232A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9232A

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9232A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9232A	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9232a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b64',
    500: '#a9232a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9232a;
$custom-light: #cb6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9232a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.866,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48179,
    "c": 0.16944,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9232A

secondary

#63C5C0

accent

#E9E03F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9232A

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

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