#A5272D#A5272D

#A5272D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5272D
RGB	rgb(165, 39, 45)
HSL	hsl(357, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.19, 50.87, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.19, 58.23, 29.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1484 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.162 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7181, 9.6424, 3.4630)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5272D #27A59F

analogous

#A5276C #A5272D #A56027

triadic

#A5272D #2DA527 #272DA5

tetradic

#A5272D #6CA527 #27A59F #6027A5

square

#A5272D #6CA527 #27A59F #6027A5

split-complementary

#A5272D #27A560 #276CA5

monochromatic

#421012 #741B1F #A5272D #D03940 #DC6A70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A5272D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A5272D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5272D

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5272D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5272D	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)

#4D462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5272d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 39, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c66',
    500: '#a5272d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5272d;
$custom-light: #c86c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5272d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.143,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47826,
    "c": 0.16193,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5272D

secondary

#66C2BE

accent

#E5DD43

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5272D

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

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