#A50002#A50002

#A50002 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 45.3% C 0.186 H 28.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A50002
RGB	rgb(165, 0, 2)
HSL	hsl(359, 100%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(359, 100%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 100%, 98.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.00, 57.85, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.00, 74.78, 39.32°)
OKLab	oklab(45.34% 0.1627 0.09)
OKLCH	oklch(45.34% 0.186 28.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5301, 8.0065, 0.7852)
Luminance	0.0800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A50002 #00A5A3

analogous

#A50054 #A50002 #A55100

triadic

#A50002 #02A500 #0002A5

tetradic

#A50002 #54A500 #00A5A3 #5100A5

square

#A50002 #54A500 #00A5A3 #5100A5

split-complementary

#A50002 #00A551 #0054A5

monochromatic

#2B0001 #680001 #A50002 #E20003 #FF2023

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.07

#A50002 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#A50002 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A50002

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A50002	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A50002	1.00	8.07	2.60	8.07
#FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#443B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#685B00

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70006

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a50002;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 0, 2);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.3% 0.186 28.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb614a',
    500: '#a50002',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a50002;
$custom-light: #cb614a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a50002",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 0,
    "b": 2
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.273,
    "s": 100,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45344,
    "c": 0.18589,
    "h": 28.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.08004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A50002

secondary

#28D9D7

accent

#FFFC29

background

#FEF6F4

surface

#FCEBE7

border

#D5C6C3

text

#160601

muted

#847A77

Preview Lab

Preview with #A50002

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

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