#A9252D#A9252D

#A9252D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.168 H 23.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9252D
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 45)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 73.4%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 52.75, 29.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 60.29, 28.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.38% 0.1539 0.0664)
OKLCH	oklch(48.38% 0.168 23.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.4994, 9.9504, 3.4813)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9252D #25A9A1

analogous

#A9256F #A9252D #A95F25

triadic

#A9252D #2DA925 #252DA9

tetradic

#A9252D #6FA925 #25A9A1 #5F25A9

square

#A9252D #6FA925 #25A9A1 #5F25A9

split-complementary

#A9252D #25A95F #256FA9

monochromatic

#450F12 #771A20 #A9252D #D33841 #DE6A71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A9252D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9252D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9252D

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9252D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9252D	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6328

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA0029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9252d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.168 23.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c66',
    500: '#a9252d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9252d;
$custom-light: #cb6c66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9252d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 356.364,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48384,
    "c": 0.16759,
    "h": 23.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09948
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9252D

secondary

#65C4BF

accent

#E7DD41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9252D

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

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