#A2253E#A2253E

#A2253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.160 H 14.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A2253E
RGB	rgb(162, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.2%, 61.7%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.66, 51.57, 16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.66, 54.26, 18.12°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1547 0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.16 14.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4331, 9.3547, 5.4968)
Luminance	0.0935 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A2253E #25A289

analogous

#A2257D #A2253E #A24B25

triadic

#A2253E #3EA225 #253EA2

tetradic

#A2253E #7DA225 #25A289 #4B25A2

square

#A2253E #7DA225 #25A289 #4B25A2

split-complementary

#A2253E #25A24B #257DA2

monochromatic

#3E0E18 #701A2B #A2253E #D13453 #DC657D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.32

#A2253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A2253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A2253E

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A2253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A2253E	1.00	7.32	2.87	7.32
#FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48463E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68603B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B20030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a2253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(162, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.160 14.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c46b73',
    500: '#a2253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a2253e;
$custom-light: #c46b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a2253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 162,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348,
    "s": 62.814,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47418,
    "c": 0.16011,
    "h": 14.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A2253E

secondary

#61C2AE

accent

#E6C542

background

#FCF6F6

surface

#F9ECEC

border

#D2C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#827A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A2253E

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

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