#A9232D#A9232D

#A9232D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.169 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9232D
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 53.37, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 60.71, 28.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1558 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.169 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4389, 9.8293, 3.4611)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9232D #23A99F

analogous

#A92370 #A9232D #A95C23

triadic

#A9232D #2DA923 #232DA9

tetradic

#A9232D #70A923 #23A99F #5C23A9

square

#A9232D #70A923 #23A99F #5C23A9

split-complementary

#A9232D #23A95C #2370A9

monochromatic

#440E12 #761920 #A9232D #D53440 #DF6770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A9232D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A9232D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9232D

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9232D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9232D	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9232d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.169 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b66',
    500: '#a9232d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9232d;
$custom-light: #cb6b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9232d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.522,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48222,
    "c": 0.16917,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9232D

secondary

#63C5BE

accent

#E9DC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9232D

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

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