#A5212D#A5212D

#A5212D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5212D
RGB	rgb(165, 33, 45)
HSL	hsl(355, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(355, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 80%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 52.77, 27.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 59.53, 27.57°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% 0.1545 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.167 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5365, 9.2791, 3.4024)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5212D #21A599

analogous

#A5216F #A5212D #A55721

triadic

#A5212D #2DA521 #212DA5

tetradic

#A5212D #6FA521 #21A599 #5721A5

square

#A5212D #6FA521 #21A599 #5721A5

split-complementary

#A5212D #21A557 #216FA5

monochromatic

#3F0D11 #72171F #A5212D #D52E3D #DF616C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A5212D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A5212D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5212D

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5212D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5212D	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A442C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5212d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 33, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a66',
    500: '#a5212d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5212d;
$custom-light: #c86a66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5212d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 33,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.545,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47323,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5212D

secondary

#5EC4BB

accent

#EADA3E

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5212D

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

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