#A8253C#A8253C

#A8253C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.166 H 16.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8253C
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 60)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.80, 53.24, 19.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.80, 56.82, 20.46°)
OKLab	oklab(48.46% 0.1589 0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(48.46% 0.166 16.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.6275, 9.9769, 5.2716)
Luminance	0.0997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8253C #25A891

analogous

#A8257D #A8253C #A85025

triadic

#A8253C #3CA825 #253CA8

tetradic

#A8253C #7DA825 #25A891 #5025A8

square

#A8253C #7DA825 #25A891 #5025A8

split-complementary

#A8253C #25A850 #257DA8

monochromatic

#440F18 #761A2A #A8253C #D33753 #DE697E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A8253C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A8253C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8253C

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8253C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8253C	1.00	7.01	2.99	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B473C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8253c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.166 16.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c71',
    500: '#a8253c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8253c;
$custom-light: #c96c71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8253c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.466,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48463,
    "c": 0.16591,
    "h": 16.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09974
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8253C

secondary

#65C4B3

accent

#E7CA41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8253C

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

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