#A5253B#A5253B

#A5253B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.163 H 16.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5253B
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 64.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 52.28, 19.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 55.83, 20.55°)
OKLab	oklab(47.9% 0.156 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(47.9% 0.163 16.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9698, 9.6408, 5.1041)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5253B #25A58F

analogous

#A5257B #A5253B #A54F25

triadic

#A5253B #3BA525 #253BA5

tetradic

#A5253B #7BA525 #25A58F #4F25A5

square

#A5253B #7BA525 #25A58F #4F25A5

split-complementary

#A5253B #25A54F #257BA5

monochromatic

#410F17 #731A29 #A5253B #D23550 #DD677C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A5253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A5253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5253B

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5253B	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A463B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6137

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.163 16.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c70',
    500: '#a5253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5253b;
$custom-light: #c76c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.688,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47898,
    "c": 0.16298,
    "h": 16.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09638
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5253B

secondary

#63C3B2

accent

#E6CA41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5253B

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

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