#A6253D#A6253D

#A6253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.164 H 16.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6253D
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 63.3%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 52.70, 18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 55.91, 19.50°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% 0.1576 0.0452)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.164 16)
XYZ	xyz(17.2316, 9.7696, 5.3924)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6253D #25A68E

analogous

#A6257E #A6253D #A64D25

triadic

#A6253D #3DA625 #253DA6

tetradic

#A6253D #7EA625 #25A68E #4D25A6

square

#A6253D #7EA625 #25A68E #4D25A6

split-complementary

#A6253D #25A64D #257EA6

monochromatic

#420F18 #741A2B #A6253D #D23653 #DD687E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A6253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A6253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6253D

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6253D	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.164 16.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c72',
    500: '#a6253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6253d;
$custom-light: #c86c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.837,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48121,
    "c": 0.16398,
    "h": 16
  },
  "luminance": 0.09767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6253D

secondary

#64C3B1

accent

#E7C841

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6253D

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

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