#A84252#A84252

#A84252 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 52.1% C 0.134 H 13.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A84252
RGB	rgb(168, 66, 82)
HSL	hsl(351, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(351, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 60.7%, 51.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.51, 43.31, 12.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.51, 45.05, 15.99°)
OKLab	oklab(52.13% 0.1307 0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(52.13% 0.134 13.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.6212, 12.8328, 9.4247)
Luminance	0.1283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A84252 #42A898

analogous

#A84285 #A84252 #A86542

triadic

#A84252 #52A842 #4252A8

tetradic

#A84252 #85A842 #42A898 #6542A8

square

#A84252 #85A842 #42A898 #6542A8

split-complementary

#A84252 #42A865 #4285A8

monochromatic

#501F27 #7C313D #A84252 #C26573 #D4919B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.89

#A84252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.57

#A84252 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A84252

5.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A84252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A84252	1.00	5.89	3.57	5.89
#FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.89	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#595752

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#736C50

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B73248

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a84252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 66, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.1% 0.134 13.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c77b82',
    500: '#a84252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a84252;
$custom-light: #c77b82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a84252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 66,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.588,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52125,
    "c": 0.13448,
    "h": 13.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.1283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A84252

secondary

#87BFB6

accent

#D3BF54

background

#FCF7F7

surface

#F9EEEE

border

#D2C9C9

text

#140A0A

muted

#827C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A84252

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

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