#A9232F#A9232F

#A9232F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.169 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9232F
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 72.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 53.46, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 60.23, 27.44°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1566 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.169 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4783, 9.8451, 3.6688)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9232F #23A99D

analogous

#A92372 #A9232F #A95A23

triadic

#A9232F #2FA923 #232FA9

tetradic

#A9232F #72A923 #23A99D #5A23A9

square

#A9232F #72A923 #23A99D #5A23A9

split-complementary

#A9232F #23A95A #2372A9

monochromatic

#440E13 #761921 #A9232F #D53443 #DF6772

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A9232F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A9232F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9232F

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9232F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9232F	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9232f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.169 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6b67',
    500: '#a9232f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9232f;
$custom-light: #cb6b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9232f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.627,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48252,
    "c": 0.169,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9232F

secondary

#63C5BC

accent

#E9D93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9232F

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

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