#A5212C#A5212C

#A5212C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 22.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5212C
RGB	rgb(165, 33, 44)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 73.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.50, 52.72, 28.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.50, 59.77, 28.10°)
OKLab	oklab(47.31% 0.1541 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(47.31% 0.167 22.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5175, 9.2715, 3.3023)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5212C #21A59A

analogous

#A5216E #A5212C #A55821

triadic

#A5212C #2CA521 #212CA5

tetradic

#A5212C #6EA521 #21A59A #5821A5

square

#A5212C #6EA521 #21A59A #5821A5

split-complementary

#A5212C #21A558 #216EA5

monochromatic

#3F0D11 #72171E #A5212C #D52E3C #DF616C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#A5212C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A5212C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5212C

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5212C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5212C	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A442B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6027

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5212c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 33, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 22.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a65',
    500: '#a5212c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5212c;
$custom-light: #c86a65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5212c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47308,
    "c": 0.1669,
    "h": 22.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5212C

secondary

#5EC4BC

accent

#EADB3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5212C

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

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