#A6252B#A6252B

#A6252B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 23.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6252B
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 74.1%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.13, 51.75, 29.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.13, 59.58, 29.72°)
OKLab	oklab(47.8% 0.1506 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(47.8% 0.165 23.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.8255, 9.6072, 3.2535)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6252B #25A6A0

analogous

#A6256C #A6252B #A65F25

triadic

#A6252B #2BA625 #252BA6

tetradic

#A6252B #6CA625 #25A6A0 #5F25A6

square

#A6252B #6CA625 #25A6A0 #5F25A6

split-complementary

#A6252B #25A65F #256CA6

monochromatic

#420F11 #741A1E #A6252B #D2363D #DD686E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A6252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A6252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6252B

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6252B	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)

#4C462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6126

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 23.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b64',
    500: '#a6252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6252b;
$custom-light: #c96b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.209,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47804,
    "c": 0.16481,
    "h": 23.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6252B

secondary

#64C3BF

accent

#E7DF41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6252B

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

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