#A9233B#A9233B

#A9233B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.169 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9233B
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 54.09, 20.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 57.84, 20.75°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1613 0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.169 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.7546, 9.9555, 5.1236)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9233B #23A991

analogous

#A9237E #A9233B #A94E23

triadic

#A9233B #3BA923 #233BA9

tetradic

#A9233B #7EA923 #23A991 #4E23A9

square

#A9233B #7EA923 #23A991 #4E23A9

split-complementary

#A9233B #23A94E #237EA9

monochromatic

#440E18 #761929 #A9233B #D53451 #DF677C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A9233B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9233B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9233B

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9233B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9233B	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9233b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.169 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b70',
    500: '#a9233b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9233b;
$custom-light: #ca6b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9233b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.254,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48464,
    "c": 0.16856,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9233B

secondary

#63C5B4

accent

#E9CA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9233B

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

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