#A9252C#A9252C

#A9252C is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 23.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9252C
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 44)
HSL	hsl(357, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(357, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 74%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 52.71, 29.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 60.54, 29.48°)
OKLab	oklab(48.37% 0.1535 0.0675)
OKLCH	oklch(48.37% 0.168 23.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4804, 9.9427, 3.3811)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9252C #25A9A2

analogous

#A9256E #A9252C #A96025

triadic

#A9252C #2CA925 #252CA9

tetradic

#A9252C #6EA925 #25A9A2 #6025A9

square

#A9252C #6EA925 #25A9A2 #6025A9

split-complementary

#A9252C #25A960 #256EA9

monochromatic

#450F12 #771A1F #A9252C #D33840 #DE6A70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A9252C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9252C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9252C

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9252C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9252C	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)

#4D472B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6327

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9252c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 23.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c65',
    500: '#a9252c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9252c;
$custom-light: #cb6c65;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9252c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.818,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4837,
    "c": 0.16768,
    "h": 23.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9252C

secondary

#65C4BF

accent

#E7DE41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9252C

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

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