#A8252C#A8252C

#A8252C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.167 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8252C
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 52.40, 29.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 60.14, 29.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.19% 0.1527 0.0669)
OKLCH	oklch(48.19% 0.167 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.2666, 9.8325, 3.3711)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8252C #25A8A1

analogous

#A8256D #A8252C #A86025

triadic

#A8252C #2CA825 #252CA8

tetradic

#A8252C #6DA825 #25A8A1 #6025A8

square

#A8252C #6DA825 #25A8A1 #6025A8

split-complementary

#A8252C #25A860 #256DA8

monochromatic

#440F12 #761A1F #A8252C #D33740 #DE6970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A8252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8252C

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8252C	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D462B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.167 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c65',
    500: '#a8252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8252c;
$custom-light: #ca6c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.794,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48186,
    "c": 0.16669,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8252C

secondary

#65C4BF

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8252C

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

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