#A5272A#A5272A

#A5272A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 24.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5272A
RGB	rgb(165, 39, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.15, 50.73, 30.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.15, 59.00, 30.69°)
OKLab	oklab(47.78% 0.1473 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(47.78% 0.162 24.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6624, 9.6201, 3.1696)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5272A #27A5A2

analogous

#A52769 #A5272A #A56327

triadic

#A5272A #2AA527 #272AA5

tetradic

#A5272A #69A527 #27A5A2 #6327A5

square

#A5272A #69A527 #27A5A2 #6327A5

split-complementary

#A5272A #27A563 #2769A5

monochromatic

#421011 #741B1D #A5272A #D0393D #DC6A6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A5272A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A5272A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5272A

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5272A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5272A	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5272a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 39, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 24.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c64',
    500: '#a5272a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5272a;
$custom-light: #c86c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5272a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.571,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47782,
    "c": 0.16225,
    "h": 24.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5272A

secondary

#66C2C0

accent

#E5E143

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5272A

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

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