#A8253D#A8253D

#A8253D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.166 H 16.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8253D
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 61)
HSL	hsl(349, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.82, 53.30, 19.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.82, 56.67, 19.86°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1593 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.166 16.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6542, 9.9875, 5.4122)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8253D #25A890

analogous

#A8257E #A8253D #A84F25

triadic

#A8253D #3DA825 #253DA8

tetradic

#A8253D #7EA825 #25A890 #4F25A8

square

#A8253D #7EA825 #25A890 #4F25A8

split-complementary

#A8253D #25A84F #257EA8

monochromatic

#440F19 #761A2B #A8253D #D33754 #DE697F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A8253D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A8253D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8253D

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8253D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8253D	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8253d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.166 16.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c72',
    500: '#a8253d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8253d;
$custom-light: #c96c72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8253d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.008,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48484,
    "c": 0.16592,
    "h": 16.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8253D

secondary

#65C4B3

accent

#E7C841

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8253D

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

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