#A8253A#A8253A

#A8253A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.166 H 17.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8253A
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 58)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.76, 53.12, 21.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.76, 57.15, 21.65°)
OKLab	oklab(48.42% 0.1581 0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(48.42% 0.166 17.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5756, 9.9561, 4.9984)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8253A #25A893

analogous

#A8257B #A8253A #A85225

triadic

#A8253A #3AA825 #253AA8

tetradic

#A8253A #7BA825 #25A893 #5225A8

square

#A8253A #7BA825 #25A893 #5225A8

split-complementary

#A8253A #25A852 #257BA8

monochromatic

#440F17 #761A29 #A8253A #D33750 #DE697C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A8253A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8253A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8253A

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8253A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8253A	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B473A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6336

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B9002E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8253a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.166 17.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c70',
    500: '#a8253a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8253a;
$custom-light: #c96c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8253a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.382,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48424,
    "c": 0.1659,
    "h": 17.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8253A

secondary

#65C4B5

accent

#E7CC41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8253A

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

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