#A7252A#A7252A

#A7252A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7252A
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 74.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.31, 52.01, 30.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.31, 60.25, 30.31°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1511 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.166 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0178, 9.7085, 3.1679)
Luminance	0.0971 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7252A #25A7A2

analogous

#A7256B #A7252A #A76125

triadic

#A7252A #2AA725 #252AA7

tetradic

#A7252A #6BA725 #25A7A2 #6125A7

square

#A7252A #6BA725 #25A7A2 #6125A7

split-complementary

#A7252A #25A761 #256BA7

monochromatic

#430F11 #751A1D #A7252A #D3373D #DE696D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.14

#A7252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A7252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7252A

7.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7252A	1.00	7.14	2.94	7.14
#FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.14	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6225

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6b64',
    500: '#a7252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7252a;
$custom-light: #ca6b64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.692,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47974,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09706
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7252A

secondary

#64C4C0

accent

#E7E041

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7252A

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

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