#A52223#A52223

#A52223 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 26.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#A52223
RGBrgb(165, 34, 35)
HSLhsl(360, 66%, 39%)
HSVhsv(360, 79%, 65%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 79.4%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LABlab(36.49, 52.06, 33.55)
CIE-LCHlch(36.49, 61.93, 32.80°)
OKLaboklab(47.27% 0.15 0.0736)
OKLCHoklch(47.27% 0.167 26.1)
XYZxyz(16.3944, 9.2674, 2.5153)
Luminance0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyred

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#A52223 #22A5A4
analogous
#A52265 #A52223 #A56322
triadic
#A52223 #23A522 #2223A5
tetradic
#A52223 #65A522 #22A5A4 #6322A5
square
#A52223 #65A522 #22A5A4 #6322A5
split-complementary
#A52223 #22A563 #2265A5
monochromatic
#400D0D #721818 #A52223 #D43031 #DF6364

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36
#A52223 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85
#A52223 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52223
7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##A52223#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##A522231.007.362.857.36
#FFFFFF7.361.0021.001.00
#0000002.8521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF7.361.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#4B4421
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B601D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B60024
Achromatopsia (no color)
#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #a52223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 26.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a5e',
    500: '#a52223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #a52223;
$custom-light: #c96a5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#a52223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.542,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47266,
    "c": 0.16705,
    "h": 26.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#A52223
secondary
#5FC4C3
accent
#E9E73F
background
#FDF6F5
surface
#FBECE9
border
#D4C7C5
text
#150704
muted
#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52223

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#A52223 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva