#A5242A#A5242A

#A5242A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5242A
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 42)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 51.71, 29.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 59.64, 29.88°)
OKLab	oklab(47.52% 0.1504 0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(47.52% 0.165 24)
XYZ	xyz(16.5678, 9.4309, 3.1380)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5242A #24A59F

analogous

#A5246B #A5242A #A55E24

triadic

#A5242A #2AA524 #242AA5

tetradic

#A5242A #6BA524 #24A59F #5E24A5

square

#A5242A #6BA524 #24A59F #5E24A5

split-complementary

#A5242A #24A55E #246BA5

monochromatic

#410E10 #73191D #A5242A #D3343B #DE666B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A5242A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A5242A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5242A

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5242A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5242A	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4529

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5242a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b63',
    500: '#a5242a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5242a;
$custom-light: #c86b63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5242a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47521,
    "c": 0.16472,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09428
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5242A

secondary

#62C3BF

accent

#E7DF41

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5242A

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

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