#A9252B#A9252B

#A9252B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 24.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9252B
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 43)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 74.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.73, 52.66, 30.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.73, 60.80, 29.98°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1532 0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.168 24.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4618, 9.9353, 3.2833)
Luminance	0.0993 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9252B #25A9A3

analogous

#A9256D #A9252B #A96125

triadic

#A9252B #2BA925 #252BA9

tetradic

#A9252B #6DA925 #25A9A3 #6125A9

square

#A9252B #6DA925 #25A9A3 #6125A9

split-complementary

#A9252B #25A961 #256DA9

monochromatic

#450F11 #771A1E #A9252B #D3383F #DE6A6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A9252B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9252B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9252B

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9252B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9252B	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6326

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9252b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 24.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c64',
    500: '#a9252b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9252b;
$custom-light: #cb6c64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9252b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.273,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48356,
    "c": 0.16778,
    "h": 24.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09933
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9252B

secondary

#65C4C0

accent

#E7E041

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9252B

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

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