#A9252E#A9252E

#A9252E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.167 H 22.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9252E
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 46)
HSL	hsl(356, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 72.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 52.80, 28.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 60.05, 28.45°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.1543 0.0653)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.167 22.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5189, 9.9581, 3.5839)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9252E #25A9A0

analogous

#A92570 #A9252E #A95E25

triadic

#A9252E #2EA925 #252EA9

tetradic

#A9252E #70A925 #25A9A0 #5E25A9

square

#A9252E #70A925 #25A9A0 #5E25A9

split-complementary

#A9252E #25A95E #2570A9

monochromatic

#450F13 #771A20 #A9252E #D33842 #DE6A72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A9252E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A9252E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9252E

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9252E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9252E	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)

#4D472D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6329

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9252e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.167 22.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#cb6c67',
    500: '#a9252e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9252e;
$custom-light: #cb6c67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9252e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.909,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48399,
    "c": 0.16749,
    "h": 22.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9252E

secondary

#65C4BE

accent

#E7DC41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FBECEB

border

#D4C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9252E

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

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