#A9253B#A9253B

#A9253B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.167 H 17.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A9253B
RGB	rgb(169, 37, 59)
HSL	hsl(350, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(350, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.1%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.98, 53.47, 20.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.98, 57.37, 21.23°)
OKLab	oklab(48.63% 0.1593 0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(48.63% 0.167 17.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8151, 10.0766, 5.1437)
Luminance	0.1007 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A9253B #25A993

analogous

#A9257D #A9253B #A95125

triadic

#A9253B #3BA925 #253BA9

tetradic

#A9253B #7DA925 #25A993 #5125A9

square

#A9253B #7DA925 #25A993 #5125A9

split-complementary

#A9253B #25A951 #257DA9

monochromatic

#450F18 #771A29 #A9253B #D33852 #DE6A7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.97

#A9253B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A9253B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A9253B

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A9253B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A9253B	1.00	6.97	3.01	6.97
#FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B483B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#BA002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a9253b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(169, 37, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.167 17.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ca6c70',
    500: '#a9253b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a9253b;
$custom-light: #ca6c70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a9253b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 169,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350,
    "s": 64.078,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48625,
    "c": 0.16688,
    "h": 17.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.10074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A9253B

secondary

#65C4B5

accent

#E7CB41

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEC

border

#D3C7C7

text

#150807

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A9253B

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

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