#A52222#A52222

#A52222 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52222
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 34)
HSL	hsl(0, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, 52.02, 34.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 62.21, 33.25°)
OKLab	oklab(47.25% 0.1497 0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(47.25% 0.167 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3798, 9.2615, 2.4383)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52222 #22A5A5

analogous

#A52264 #A52222 #A56422

triadic

#A52222 #22A522 #2222A5

tetradic

#A52222 #64A522 #22A5A5 #6422A5

square

#A52222 #64A522 #22A5A5 #6422A5

split-complementary

#A52222 #22A564 #2264A5

monochromatic

#400D0D #721818 #A52222 #D43030 #DF6363

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#A52222 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A52222 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52222

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52222	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52222	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60024

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52222;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a5e',
    500: '#a52222',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52222;
$custom-light: #c96a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52222",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47254,
    "c": 0.16717,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52222

secondary

#5FC4C4

accent

#E9E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52222

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

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