#A8252F#A8252F

#A8252F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.166 H 22.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8252F
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 47)
HSL	hsl(355, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(355, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.58, 52.54, 27.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.58, 59.41, 27.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.23% 0.1538 0.0636)
OKLCH	oklch(48.23% 0.166 22.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.3251, 9.8559, 3.6789)
Luminance	0.0985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8252F #25A89E

analogous

#A82570 #A8252F #A85D25

triadic

#A8252F #2FA825 #252FA8

tetradic

#A8252F #70A825 #25A89E #5D25A8

square

#A8252F #70A825 #25A89E #5D25A8

split-complementary

#A8252F #25A85D #2570A8

monochromatic

#440F13 #761A21 #A8252F #D33743 #DE6972

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A8252F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A8252F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8252F

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8252F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8252F	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D632B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8252f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.166 22.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c67',
    500: '#a8252f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8252f;
$custom-light: #ca6c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8252f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.42,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48231,
    "c": 0.16642,
    "h": 22.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09853
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8252F

secondary

#65C4BD

accent

#E7DA41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8252F

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

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