#A9232B#A9232B

#A9232B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9232B
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 43)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.51, 53.28, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.51, 61.21, 29.49°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1551 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.169 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4013, 9.8142, 3.2631)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9232B #23A9A1

analogous

#A9236E #A9232B #A95E23

triadic

#A9232B #2BA923 #232BA9

tetradic

#A9232B #6EA923 #23A9A1 #5E23A9

square

#A9232B #6EA923 #23A9A1 #5E23A9

split-complementary

#A9232B #23A95E #236EA9

monochromatic

#440E11 #76191E #A9232B #D5343E #DF676E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A9232B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9232B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9232B

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9232B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9232B	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)

#4C462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9232b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b64',
    500: '#a9232b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9232b;
$custom-light: #cb6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9232b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.418,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48193,
    "c": 0.16935,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9232B

secondary

#63C5BF

accent

#E9DF3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9232B

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

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