#A2253A#A2253A

#A2253A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.160 H 16.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2253A
RGB	rgb(162, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 64.2%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.58, 51.31, 19.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.58, 54.83, 20.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.33% 0.1531 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(47.33% 0.16 16.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.3273, 9.3124, 4.9399)
Luminance	0.0931 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2253A #25A28D

analogous

#A22579 #A2253A #A24F25

triadic

#A2253A #3AA225 #253AA2

tetradic

#A2253A #79A225 #25A28D #4F25A2

square

#A2253A #79A225 #25A28D #4F25A2

split-complementary

#A2253A #25A24F #2579A2

monochromatic

#3E0E16 #701A28 #A2253A #D1344E #DC6579

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.34

#A2253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A2253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2253A

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2253A	1.00	7.34	2.86	7.34
#FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49453A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.160 16.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c56b6f',
    500: '#a2253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2253a;
$custom-light: #c56b6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.92,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47333,
    "c": 0.16002,
    "h": 16.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.0931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2253A

secondary

#61C2B1

accent

#E6CA42

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2253A

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

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