#A6252E#A6252E

#A6252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.165 H 22.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6252E
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 72.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, 51.88, 27.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 58.84, 28.15°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1517 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.165 22.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.8825, 9.6300, 3.5541)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6252E #25A69D

analogous

#A6256F #A6252E #A65D25

triadic

#A6252E #2EA625 #252EA6

tetradic

#A6252E #6FA625 #25A69D #5D25A6

square

#A6252E #6FA625 #25A69D #5D25A6

split-complementary

#A6252E #25A65D #256FA6

monochromatic

#420F12 #741A20 #A6252E #D23641 #DD6870

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A6252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6252E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6252E	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C612A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.165 22.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b66',
    500: '#a6252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6252e;
$custom-light: #c96b66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.814,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47849,
    "c": 0.16452,
    "h": 22.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6252E

secondary

#64C3BD

accent

#E7DB41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6252E

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

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