#A0253C#A0253C

#A0253C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.158 H 15.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A0253C
RGB	rgb(160, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 62%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 77%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.9%, 62.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.22, 50.83, 17.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.22, 53.76, 19.00°)
OKLab	oklab(47.01% 0.1522 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(47.01% 0.158 15.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.9760, 9.1253, 5.1942)
Luminance	0.0912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A0253C #25A089

analogous

#A02579 #A0253C #A04B25

triadic

#A0253C #3CA025 #253CA0

tetradic

#A0253C #79A025 #25A089 #4B25A0

square

#A0253C #79A025 #25A089 #4B25A0

split-complementary

#A0253C #25A04B #2579A0

monochromatic

#3D0E17 #6E1A29 #A0253C #D03250 #DB647A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.43

#A0253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.82

#A0253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A0253C

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A0253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A0253C	1.00	7.43	2.82	7.43
#FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.82	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.43	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#47453C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#675E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a0253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(160, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.158 15.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c36b71',
    500: '#a0253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a0253c;
$custom-light: #c36b71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a0253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 160,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.78,
    "s": 62.437,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47012,
    "c": 0.15808,
    "h": 15.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09123
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A0253C

secondary

#60C1AF

accent

#E6C742

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#827A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A0253C

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

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