#A8252B#A8252B

#A8252B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.167 H 24.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8252B
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.53, 52.36, 30.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.53, 60.39, 29.89°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1523 0.068)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.167 24)
XYZ	xyz(17.2481, 9.8251, 3.2733)
Luminance	0.0982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8252B #25A8A2

analogous

#A8256C #A8252B #A86125

triadic

#A8252B #2BA825 #252BA8

tetradic

#A8252B #6CA825 #25A8A2 #6125A8

square

#A8252B #6CA825 #25A8A2 #6125A8

split-complementary

#A8252B #25A861 #256CA8

monochromatic

#440F11 #761A1E #A8252B #D3373E #DE696F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A8252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A8252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8252B

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8252B	1.00	7.08	2.96	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6226

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.167 24.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c64',
    500: '#a8252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8252b;
$custom-light: #ca6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.252,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48172,
    "c": 0.16679,
    "h": 24
  },
  "luminance": 0.09822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8252B

secondary

#65C4C0

accent

#E7DF41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8252B

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

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