#A6252F#A6252F

#A6252F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.164 H 22.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6252F
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 71.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 51.93, 27.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 58.60, 27.61°)
OKLab	oklab(47.87% 0.1521 0.0625)
OKLCH	oklch(47.87% 0.164 22.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.9025, 9.6380, 3.6591)
Luminance	0.0964 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6252F #25A69C

analogous

#A6256F #A6252F #A65C25

triadic

#A6252F #2FA625 #252FA6

tetradic

#A6252F #6FA625 #25A69C #5C25A6

square

#A6252F #6FA625 #25A69C #5C25A6

split-complementary

#A6252F #25A65C #256FA6

monochromatic

#420F13 #741A21 #A6252F #D23642 #DD6871

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A6252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A6252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6252F

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6252F	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C612B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.164 22.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b67',
    500: '#a6252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6252f;
$custom-light: #c96b67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.349,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47865,
    "c": 0.16444,
    "h": 22.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6252F

secondary

#64C3BC

accent

#E7DA41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6252F

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

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