#A0253B#A0253B

#A0253B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.158 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0253B
RGB	rgb(160, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 63.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.20, 50.77, 18.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.20, 53.91, 19.64°)
OKLab	oklab(46.99% 0.1518 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(46.99% 0.158 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.9499, 9.1149, 5.0563)
Luminance	0.0911 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0253B #25A08A

analogous

#A02578 #A0253B #A04C25

triadic

#A0253B #3BA025 #253BA0

tetradic

#A0253B #78A025 #25A08A #4C25A0

square

#A0253B #78A025 #25A08A #4C25A0

split-complementary

#A0253B #25A04C #2578A0

monochromatic

#3D0E16 #6E1A29 #A0253B #D0324F #DB6479

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.44

#A0253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A0253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0253B

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0253B	1.00	7.44	2.82	7.44
#FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.44	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48453B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.158 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36b70',
    500: '#a0253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0253b;
$custom-light: #c36b70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.268,
    "s": 62.437,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46991,
    "c": 0.15806,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0253B

secondary

#60C1AF

accent

#E6C842

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0253B

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

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