#A5272B#A5272B

#A5272B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5272B
RGB	rgb(165, 39, 43)
HSL	hsl(358, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 50.78, 29.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 58.74, 30.18°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1477 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.162 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6805, 9.6274, 3.2650)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5272B #27A5A1

analogous

#A5276A #A5272B #A56227

triadic

#A5272B #2BA527 #272BA5

tetradic

#A5272B #6AA527 #27A5A1 #6227A5

square

#A5272B #6AA527 #27A5A1 #6227A5

split-complementary

#A5272B #27A562 #276AA5

monochromatic

#421011 #741B1E #A5272B #D0393E #DC6A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A5272B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A5272B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5272B

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5272B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5272B	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5272b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 39, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c64',
    500: '#a5272b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5272b;
$custom-light: #c86c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5272b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.095,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47796,
    "c": 0.16214,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5272B

secondary

#66C2BF

accent

#E5E043

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5272B

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

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