#A9233A#A9233A

#A9233A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.169 H 17.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9233A
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 65.7%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 54.03, 21.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 58.00, 21.33°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1609 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.169 17.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7289, 9.9453, 4.9883)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9233A #23A992

analogous

#A9237D #A9233A #A94F23

triadic

#A9233A #3AA923 #233AA9

tetradic

#A9233A #7DA923 #23A992 #4F23A9

square

#A9233A #7DA923 #23A992 #4F23A9

split-complementary

#A9233A #23A94F #237DA9

monochromatic

#440E17 #761929 #A9233A #D53450 #DF677C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A9233A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9233A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9233A

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9233A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9233A	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B473A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9233a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.169 17.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b70',
    500: '#a9233a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9233a;
$custom-light: #ca6b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9233a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.701,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48445,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 17.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9233A

secondary

#63C5B4

accent

#E9CC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9233A

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

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