#A9252A#A9252A

#A9252A is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.168 H 24.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9252A
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 42)
HSL	hsl(358, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(358, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 75.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 52.62, 30.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 61.06, 30.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.34% 0.1528 0.0696)
OKLCH	oklch(48.34% 0.168 24.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.4437, 9.9281, 3.1879)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9252A #25A9A4

analogous

#A9256C #A9252A #A96225

triadic

#A9252A #2AA925 #252AA9

tetradic

#A9252A #6CA925 #25A9A4 #6225A9

square

#A9252A #6CA925 #25A9A4 #6225A9

split-complementary

#A9252A #25A962 #256CA9

monochromatic

#450F11 #771A1E #A9252A #D3383E #DE6A6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A9252A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9252A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9252A

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9252A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9252A	1.00	7.04	2.99	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4729

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6325

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9252a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.168 24.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c64',
    500: '#a9252a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9252a;
$custom-light: #cb6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9252a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.727,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48342,
    "c": 0.16789,
    "h": 24.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9252A

secondary

#65C4C1

accent

#E7E141

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECEA

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9252A

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

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