#A9232C#A9232C

#A9232C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9232C
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 44)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.52, 53.32, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.52, 60.96, 28.99°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.1555 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.169 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4199, 9.8217, 3.3609)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9232C #23A9A0

analogous

#A9236F #A9232C #A95D23

triadic

#A9232C #2CA923 #232CA9

tetradic

#A9232C #6FA923 #23A9A0 #5D23A9

square

#A9232C #6FA923 #23A9A0 #5D23A9

split-complementary

#A9232C #23A95D #236FA9

monochromatic

#440E12 #76191F #A9232C #D5343F #DF676F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A9232C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A9232C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9232C

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9232C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9232C	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)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9232c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b65',
    500: '#a9232c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9232c;
$custom-light: #cb6b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9232c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.97,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48207,
    "c": 0.16925,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09819
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9232C

secondary

#63C5BF

accent

#E9DD3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9232C

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

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