#A7252E#A7252E

#A7252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.166 H 22.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7252E
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 72.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 52.19, 28.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 59.24, 28.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% 0.1526 0.0642)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.166 22.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.0930, 9.7385, 3.5639)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7252E #25A79E

analogous

#A7256F #A7252E #A75D25

triadic

#A7252E #2EA725 #252EA7

tetradic

#A7252E #6FA725 #25A79E #5D25A7

square

#A7252E #6FA725 #25A79E #5D25A7

split-complementary

#A7252E #25A75D #256FA7

monochromatic

#430F12 #751A20 #A7252E #D33741 #DE6971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A7252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A7252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7252E

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7252E	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)

#4C462D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D622A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.166 22.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c66',
    500: '#a7252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7252e;
$custom-light: #c96c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.846,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48032,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 22.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7252E

secondary

#64C4BD

accent

#E7DB41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7252E

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

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