#A5252E#A5252E

#A5252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.164 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5252E
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 72.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.97, 51.58, 27.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.97, 58.44, 28.04°)
OKLab	oklab(47.67% 0.1509 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(47.67% 0.164 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6737, 9.5223, 3.5443)
Luminance	0.0952 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5252E #25A59C

analogous

#A5256E #A5252E #A55C25

triadic

#A5252E #2EA525 #252EA5

tetradic

#A5252E #6EA525 #25A59C #5C25A5

square

#A5252E #6EA525 #25A59C #5C25A5

split-complementary

#A5252E #25A55C #256EA5

monochromatic

#410F12 #731A20 #A5252E #D23540 #DD6770

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A5252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.90

#A5252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5252E

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5252E	1.00	7.23	2.90	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.90	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B452D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.164 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b66',
    500: '#a5252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5252e;
$custom-light: #c86b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.781,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47666,
    "c": 0.16352,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5252E

secondary

#63C3BC

accent

#E6DB41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5252E

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

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