#A6252D#A6252D

#A6252D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 23.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6252D
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 72.9%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 51.84, 28.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 59.08, 28.68°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1514 0.0647)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.165 23.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8630, 9.6222, 3.4515)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6252D #25A69E

analogous

#A6256E #A6252D #A65E25

triadic

#A6252D #2DA625 #252DA6

tetradic

#A6252D #6EA625 #25A69E #5E25A6

square

#A6252D #6EA625 #25A69E #5E25A6

split-complementary

#A6252D #25A65E #256EA6

monochromatic

#420F12 #741A1F #A6252D #D23640 #DD686F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A6252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A6252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6252D

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6252D	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6129

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B70029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 23.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a6252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6252d;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.279,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47834,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 23.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.0962
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6252D

secondary

#64C3BD

accent

#E7DC41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6252D

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

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