#A6253E#A6253E

#A6253E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.164 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A6253E
RGB	rgb(166, 37, 62)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.7%, 62.7%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 52.77, 18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 55.77, 18.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.14% 0.158 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(48.14% 0.164 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2588, 9.7805, 5.5355)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A6253E #25A68D

analogous

#A6257F #A6253E #A64C25

triadic

#A6253E #3EA625 #253EA6

tetradic

#A6253E #7FA625 #25A68D #4C25A6

square

#A6253E #7FA625 #25A68D #4C25A6

split-complementary

#A6253E #25A64C #257FA6

monochromatic

#420F19 #741A2B #A6253E #D23654 #DD687F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A6253E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A6253E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A6253E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A6253E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A6253E	1.00	7.11	2.96	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a6253e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(166, 37, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.164 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c73',
    500: '#a6253e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a6253e;
$custom-light: #c86c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a6253e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 166,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.372,
    "s": 63.547,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48142,
    "c": 0.16401,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A6253E

secondary

#64C3B1

accent

#E7C741

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A6253E

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

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