#A0251E#A0251E

#A0251E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.160 H 28.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0251E
RGB	rgb(160, 37, 30)
HSL	hsl(3, 68%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(3, 81%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 81.3%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.78, 49.37, 35.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.78, 60.72, 35.60°)
OKLab	oklab(46.54% 0.1411 0.0763)
OKLCH	oklch(46.54% 0.16 28.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.3950, 8.8929, 2.1339)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0251E #1E99A0

analogous

#A01E58 #A0251E #A0661E

triadic

#A0251E #1EA025 #251EA0

tetradic

#A0251E #58A01E #1E99A0 #661EA0

square

#A0251E #58A01E #1E99A0 #661EA0

split-complementary

#A0251E #1EA066 #1E58A0

monochromatic

#390D0B #6C1914 #A0251E #D43128 #E06059

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#A0251E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#A0251E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0251E

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0251E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0251E	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B431C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#695E18

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B10025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0251e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 37, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.160 28.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56a5b',
    500: '#a0251e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0251e;
$custom-light: #c56a5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0251e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.231,
    "s": 68.421,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46537,
    "c": 0.16039,
    "h": 28.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.0889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0251E

secondary

#56BEC4

accent

#E2EB3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0251E

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

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