#A8252D#A8252D

#A8252D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.167 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8252D
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.55, 52.45, 28.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.55, 59.89, 28.87°)
OKLab	oklab(48.2% 0.1531 0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(48.2% 0.167 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2857, 9.8401, 3.4713)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8252D #25A8A0

analogous

#A8256E #A8252D #A85F25

triadic

#A8252D #2DA825 #252DA8

tetradic

#A8252D #6EA825 #25A8A0 #5F25A8

square

#A8252D #6EA825 #25A8A0 #5F25A8

split-complementary

#A8252D #25A85F #256EA8

monochromatic

#440F12 #761A20 #A8252D #D33741 #DE6970

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A8252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8252D

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8252D	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)

#4D462C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6228

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B90029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.167 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c66',
    500: '#a8252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8252d;
$custom-light: #ca6c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.336,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48201,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8252D

secondary

#65C4BE

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8252D

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

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