#A9233C#A9233C

#A9233C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.169 H 16.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9233C
RGB	rgb(169, 35, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.3%, 64.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.78, 54.14, 19.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.78, 57.68, 20.16°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1616 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.169 16.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7807, 9.9660, 5.2615)
Luminance	0.0996 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9233C #23A990

analogous

#A9237F #A9233C #A94D23

triadic

#A9233C #3CA923 #233CA9

tetradic

#A9233C #7FA923 #23A990 #4D23A9

square

#A9233C #7FA923 #23A990 #4D23A9

split-complementary

#A9233C #23A94D #237FA9

monochromatic

#440E18 #76192A #A9233C #D53452 #DF677D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A9233C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9233C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9233C

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9233C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9233C	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)

#4A473C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9233c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 35, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.169 16.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b71',
    500: '#a9233c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9233c;
$custom-light: #ca6b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9233c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 35,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.806,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48484,
    "c": 0.16857,
    "h": 16.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9233C

secondary

#63C5B3

accent

#E9C93F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9233C

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

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