#A5252F#A5252F

#A5252F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.163 H 22.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5252F
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 71.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.99, 51.62, 26.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.99, 58.20, 27.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.68% 0.1513 0.0619)
OKLCH	oklch(47.68% 0.163 22.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6936, 9.5303, 3.6493)
Luminance	0.0953 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5252F #25A59B

analogous

#A5256F #A5252F #A55B25

triadic

#A5252F #2FA525 #252FA5

tetradic

#A5252F #6FA525 #25A59B #5B25A5

square

#A5252F #6FA525 #25A59B #5B25A5

split-complementary

#A5252F #25A55B #256FA5

monochromatic

#410F13 #731A21 #A5252F #D23542 #DD6771

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.23

#A5252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#A5252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5252F

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5252F	1.00	7.23	2.91	7.23
#FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B612B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.163 22.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86b67',
    500: '#a5252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5252f;
$custom-light: #c86b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.313,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47681,
    "c": 0.16344,
    "h": 22.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5252F

secondary

#63C3BB

accent

#E6DA41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5252F

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

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