#A7253D#A7253D

#A7253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.165 H 16.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A7253D
RGB	rgb(167, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.8%, 63.5%, 34.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.62, 53.00, 18.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.62, 56.29, 19.69°)
OKLab	oklab(48.3% 0.1585 0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(48.3% 0.165 16.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4421, 9.8782, 5.4022)
Luminance	0.0988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A7253D #25A78F

analogous

#A7257E #A7253D #A74E25

triadic

#A7253D #3DA725 #253DA7

tetradic

#A7253D #7EA725 #25A78F #4E25A7

square

#A7253D #7EA725 #25A78F #4E25A7

split-complementary

#A7253D #25A74E #257EA7

monochromatic

#430F18 #751A2B #A7253D #D33753 #DE697E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.06

#A7253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A7253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A7253D

7.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A7253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A7253D	1.00	7.06	2.98	7.06
#FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A473D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a7253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(167, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.165 16.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c72',
    500: '#a7253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a7253d;
$custom-light: #c86c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a7253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 167,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.923,
    "s": 63.725,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48302,
    "c": 0.16495,
    "h": 16.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A7253D

secondary

#64C4B2

accent

#E7C841

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A7253D

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

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