#A52224#A52224

#A52224 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52224
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 36)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.51, 52.10, 32.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.51, 61.65, 32.33°)
OKLab	oklab(47.28% 0.1503 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(47.28% 0.167 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4095, 9.2734, 2.5946)
Luminance	0.0927 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52224 #22A5A3

analogous

#A52266 #A52224 #A56222

triadic

#A52224 #24A522 #2224A5

tetradic

#A52224 #66A522 #22A5A3 #6222A5

square

#A52224 #66A522 #22A5A3 #6222A5

split-complementary

#A52224 #22A562 #2266A5

monochromatic

#400D0E #721819 #A52224 #D43032 #DF6365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#A52224 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#A52224 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52224

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52224	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52224	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)

#4B4422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B601E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52224;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a5f',
    500: '#a52224',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52224;
$custom-light: #c96a5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52224",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.084,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47278,
    "c": 0.16693,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52224

secondary

#5FC4C2

accent

#E9E63F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52224

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

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