#A7252F#A7252F

#A7252F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.165 H 22.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7252F
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 71.9%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.38, 52.23, 27.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.38, 59.00, 27.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.05% 0.153 0.063)
OKLCH	oklch(48.05% 0.165 22.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.1130, 9.7465, 3.6690)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7252F #25A79D

analogous

#A72570 #A7252F #A75C25

triadic

#A7252F #2FA725 #252FA7

tetradic

#A7252F #70A725 #25A79D #5C25A7

square

#A7252F #70A725 #25A79D #5C25A7

split-complementary

#A7252F #25A75C #2570A7

monochromatic

#430F13 #751A21 #A7252F #D33743 #DE6972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A7252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A7252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7252F

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7252F	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C462E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.165 22.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c67',
    500: '#a7252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7252f;
$custom-light: #c96c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.385,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48048,
    "c": 0.16544,
    "h": 22.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09744
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7252F

secondary

#64C4BC

accent

#E7DA41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7252F

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

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