#A5282D#A5282D

#A5282D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.161 H 23.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A5282D
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 45)
HSL	hsl(358, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 50.53, 28.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 58.00, 29.42°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1474 0.065)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.161 23.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.7514, 9.7090, 3.4741)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A5282D #28A5A0

analogous

#A5286B #A5282D #A56128

triadic

#A5282D #2DA528 #282DA5

tetradic

#A5282D #6BA528 #28A5A0 #6128A5

square

#A5282D #6BA528 #28A5A0 #6128A5

split-complementary

#A5282D #28A561 #286BA5

monochromatic

#421012 #741C20 #A5282D #CF3B41 #DB6C70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A5282D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A5282D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A5282D

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A5282D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A5282D	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a5282d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.161 23.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c66',
    500: '#a5282d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a5282d;
$custom-light: #c86c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a5282d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.6,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47917,
    "c": 0.16107,
    "h": 23.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A5282D

secondary

#67C2BE

accent

#E4DE44

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A5282D

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

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