#A7252C#A7252C

#A7252C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 23.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7252C
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 73.7%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.34, 52.10, 29.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.34, 59.74, 29.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48% 0.1518 0.0663)
OKLCH	oklch(48% 0.166 23.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0545, 9.7231, 3.3611)
Luminance	0.0972 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7252C #25A7A0

analogous

#A7256D #A7252C #A75F25

triadic

#A7252C #2CA725 #252CA7

tetradic

#A7252C #6DA725 #25A7A0 #5F25A7

square

#A7252C #6DA725 #25A7A0 #5F25A7

split-complementary

#A7252C #25A75F #256DA7

monochromatic

#430F12 #751A1F #A7252C #D3373F #DE696F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A7252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A7252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7252C

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7252C	1.00	7.13	2.94	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 23.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c65',
    500: '#a7252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7252c;
$custom-light: #c96c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.769,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48002,
    "c": 0.1657,
    "h": 23.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0972
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7252C

secondary

#64C4BF

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7252C

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

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