#A7252D#A7252D

#A7252D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 23.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7252D
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 73.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.35, 52.14, 28.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.35, 59.49, 28.78°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.1522 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.166 23.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.0735, 9.7308, 3.4613)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7252D #25A79F

analogous

#A7256E #A7252D #A75E25

triadic

#A7252D #2DA725 #252DA7

tetradic

#A7252D #6EA725 #25A79F #5E25A7

square

#A7252D #6EA725 #25A79F #5E25A7

split-complementary

#A7252D #25A75E #256EA7

monochromatic

#430F12 #751A1F #A7252D #D33740 #DE6970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A7252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A7252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7252D

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7252D	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 23.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c66',
    500: '#a7252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7252d;
$custom-light: #c96c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.308,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48017,
    "c": 0.16561,
    "h": 23.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7252D

secondary

#64C4BE

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7252D

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

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