#A5223B#A5223B

#A5223B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.166 H 16.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5223B
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 59)
HSL	hsl(349, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(349, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.86, 53.21, 19.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.86, 56.56, 19.80°)
OKLab	oklab(47.65% 0.159 0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(47.65% 0.166 16.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8803, 9.4617, 5.0743)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5223B #22A58C

analogous

#A5227D #A5223B #A54B22

triadic

#A5223B #3BA522 #223BA5

tetradic

#A5223B #7DA522 #22A58C #4B22A5

square

#A5223B #7DA522 #22A58C #4B22A5

split-complementary

#A5223B #22A54B #227DA5

monochromatic

#400D17 #721829 #A5223B #D4304F #DF637A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#A5223B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A5223B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5223B

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5223B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5223B	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#48453B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#696037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5223b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.166 16.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a70',
    500: '#a5223b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5223b;
$custom-light: #c76a70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5223b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.55,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47653,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 16.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5223B

secondary

#5FC4B1

accent

#E9C83F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5223B

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

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