#A8253F#A8253F

#A8253F is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.166 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8253F
RGB	rgb(168, 37, 63)
HSL	hsl(348, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78%, 62.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 53.42, 18.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 56.39, 18.66°)
OKLab	oklab(48.53% 0.1601 0.0439)
OKLCH	oklch(48.53% 0.166 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7091, 10.0095, 5.7012)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8253F #25A88E

analogous

#A82580 #A8253F #A84D25

triadic

#A8253F #3FA825 #253FA8

tetradic

#A8253F #80A825 #25A88E #4D25A8

square

#A8253F #80A825 #25A88E #4D25A8

split-complementary

#A8253F #25A84D #2580A8

monochromatic

#440F19 #761A2C #A8253F #D33756 #DE6981

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A8253F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A8253F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A8253F

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8253F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A8253F	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A483F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B80030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8253f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 37, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.166 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c73',
    500: '#a8253f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8253f;
$custom-light: #c96c73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8253f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.092,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48526,
    "c": 0.16597,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8253F

secondary

#65C4B1

accent

#E7C641

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8253F

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

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