#A7253C#A7253C

#A7253C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 16.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7253C
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 64.1%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.60, 52.94, 19.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.60, 56.44, 20.29°)
OKLab	oklab(48.28% 0.1581 0.0472)
OKLCH	oklch(48.28% 0.165 16.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4154, 9.8675, 5.2617)
Luminance	0.0987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7253C #25A790

analogous

#A7257D #A7253C #A74F25

triadic

#A7253C #3CA725 #253CA7

tetradic

#A7253C #7DA725 #25A790 #4F25A7

square

#A7253C #7DA725 #25A790 #4F25A7

split-complementary

#A7253C #25A74F #257DA7

monochromatic

#430F18 #751A2A #A7253C #D33752 #DE697D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A7253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A7253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7253C

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7253C	1.00	7.06	2.97	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6238

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 16.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c71',
    500: '#a7253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7253c;
$custom-light: #c86c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.385,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48282,
    "c": 0.16494,
    "h": 16.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09865
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7253C

secondary

#64C4B3

accent

#E7C941

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7253C

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

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