#A5282A#A5282A

#A5282A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.161 H 25.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5282A
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 42)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 74.5%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.27, 50.39, 30.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.27, 58.78, 30.98°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1463 0.0683)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.161 25)
XYZ	xyz(16.6957, 9.6867, 3.1806)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5282A #28A5A3

analogous

#A52868 #A5282A #A56428

triadic

#A5282A #2AA528 #282AA5

tetradic

#A5282A #68A528 #28A5A3 #6428A5

square

#A5282A #68A528 #28A5A3 #6428A5

split-complementary

#A5282A #28A564 #2868A5

monochromatic

#421011 #741C1D #A5282A #CF3B3D #DB6C6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A5282A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A5282A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5282A

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5282A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5282A	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5282a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.161 25.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c64',
    500: '#a5282a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5282a;
$custom-light: #c86c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5282a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.04,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47873,
    "c": 0.1614,
    "h": 25
  },
  "luminance": 0.09684
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5282A

secondary

#67C2C0

accent

#E4E244

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5282A

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

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