#A5253C#A5253C

#A5253C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.163 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5253C
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 63.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.21, 52.34, 18.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.21, 55.68, 19.93°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1564 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.163 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9960, 9.6513, 5.2420)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5253C #25A58E

analogous

#A5257C #A5253C #A54E25

triadic

#A5253C #3CA525 #253CA5

tetradic

#A5253C #7CA525 #25A58E #4E25A5

square

#A5253C #7CA525 #25A58E #4E25A5

split-complementary

#A5253C #25A54E #257CA5

monochromatic

#410F18 #731A2A #A5253C #D23552 #DD677D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A5253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A5253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5253C

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5253C	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)

#49463C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6138

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.163 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76c71',
    500: '#a5253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5253c;
$custom-light: #c76c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.219,
    "s": 63.366,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47919,
    "c": 0.16299,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5253C

secondary

#63C3B2

accent

#E6C941

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5253C

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

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