#A5282B#A5282B

#A5282B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.161 H 24.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5282B
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 43)
HSL	hsl(359, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(359, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.29, 50.44, 29.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.29, 58.52, 30.47°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.1466 0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.161 24.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.7138, 9.6939, 3.2761)
Luminance	0.0969 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5282B #28A5A2

analogous

#A52869 #A5282B #A56328

triadic

#A5282B #2BA528 #282BA5

tetradic

#A5282B #69A528 #28A5A2 #6328A5

square

#A5282B #69A528 #28A5A2 #6328A5

split-complementary

#A5282B #28A563 #2869A5

monochromatic

#421011 #741C1E #A5282B #CF3B3E #DB6C6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A5282B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A5282B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5282B

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5282B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5282B	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)

#4D472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5282b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.161 24.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c64',
    500: '#a5282b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5282b;
$custom-light: #c86c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5282b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.56,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47887,
    "c": 0.16128,
    "h": 24.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09691
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5282B

secondary

#67C2C0

accent

#E4E044

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5282B

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

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