#A6252A#A6252A

#A6252A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 24.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6252A
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 74.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 51.70, 30.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 59.84, 30.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.79% 0.1503 0.0679)
OKLCH	oklch(47.79% 0.165 24.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8073, 9.5999, 3.1580)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6252A #25A6A1

analogous

#A6256B #A6252A #A66025

triadic

#A6252A #2AA625 #252AA6

tetradic

#A6252A #6BA625 #25A6A1 #6025A6

square

#A6252A #6BA625 #25A6A1 #6025A6

split-complementary

#A6252A #25A660 #256BA6

monochromatic

#420F11 #741A1D #A6252A #D2363C #DD686D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A6252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A6252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6252A

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6252A	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6125

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 24.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b64',
    500: '#a6252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6252a;
$custom-light: #c96b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.674,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4779,
    "c": 0.16491,
    "h": 24.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6252A

secondary

#64C3C0

accent

#E7E041

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6252A

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

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