#A6252C#A6252C

#A6252C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 23.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6252C
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 73.5%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.14, 51.79, 28.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.14, 59.33, 29.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.82% 0.151 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(47.82% 0.165 23.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8440, 9.6146, 3.3513)
Luminance	0.0961 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6252C #25A69F

analogous

#A6256D #A6252C #A65E25

triadic

#A6252C #2CA625 #252CA6

tetradic

#A6252C #6DA625 #25A69F #5E25A6

square

#A6252C #6DA625 #25A69F #5E25A6

split-complementary

#A6252C #25A65E #256DA6

monochromatic

#420F11 #741A1F #A6252C #D2363E #DD686E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A6252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A6252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6252C

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6252C	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)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6127

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 23.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b65',
    500: '#a6252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6252c;
$custom-light: #c96b65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.744,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47819,
    "c": 0.16471,
    "h": 23.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6252C

secondary

#64C3BE

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6252C

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

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