#A5223A#A5223A

#A5223A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.166 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5223A
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 58)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 64.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 53.15, 19.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 56.71, 20.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.63% 0.1586 0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(47.63% 0.166 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8546, 9.4514, 4.9390)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5223A #22A58D

analogous

#A5227C #A5223A #A54C22

triadic

#A5223A #3AA522 #223AA5

tetradic

#A5223A #7CA522 #22A58D #4C22A5

square

#A5223A #7CA522 #22A58D #4C22A5

split-complementary

#A5223A #22A54C #227CA5

monochromatic

#400D16 #721828 #A5223A #D4304E #DF6379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A5223A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A5223A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5223A

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5223A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5223A	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48453A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5223a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.166 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a6f',
    500: '#a5223a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5223a;
$custom-light: #c76a6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5223a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47633,
    "c": 0.16555,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5223A

secondary

#5FC4B1

accent

#E9CA3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5223A

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

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