#A4253E#A4253E

#A4253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 15.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A4253E
RGB	rgb(164, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 63%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(348, 77%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.4%, 62.2%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.05, 52.17, 17.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.05, 55.02, 18.51°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1564 0.0426)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.162 15.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8427, 9.5659, 5.5160)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A4253E #25A48B

analogous

#A4257E #A4253E #A44C25

triadic

#A4253E #3EA425 #253EA4

tetradic

#A4253E #7EA425 #25A48B #4C25A4

square

#A4253E #7EA425 #25A48B #4C25A4

split-complementary

#A4253E #25A44C #257EA4

monochromatic

#400E18 #721A2B #A4253E #D13554 #DD677E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#A4253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A4253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A4253E

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A4253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A4253E	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#49463E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B40030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a4253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(164, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 15.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66b73',
    500: '#a4253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a4253e;
$custom-light: #c66b73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a4253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 164,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.189,
    "s": 63.184,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4778,
    "c": 0.16207,
    "h": 15.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09563
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A4253E

secondary

#62C2B0

accent

#E6C642

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A4253E

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

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