#A52225#A52225

#A52225 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52225
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 37)
HSL	hsl(359, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(359, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 77.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.52, 52.13, 32.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.52, 61.38, 31.86°)
OKLab	oklab(47.29% 0.1507 0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(47.29% 0.167 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4250, 9.2796, 2.6762)
Luminance	0.0928 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52225 #22A5A2

analogous

#A52267 #A52225 #A56122

triadic

#A52225 #25A522 #2225A5

tetradic

#A52225 #67A522 #22A5A2 #6122A5

square

#A52225 #67A522 #22A5A2 #6122A5

split-complementary

#A52225 #22A561 #2267A5

monochromatic

#400D0E #72181A #A52225 #D43034 #DF6365

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A52225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A52225 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52225

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52225	1.00	7.35	2.86	7.35
#FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.86	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4424

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6020

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96a60',
    500: '#a52225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52225;
$custom-light: #c96a60;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.626,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4729,
    "c": 0.16682,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09277
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52225

secondary

#5FC4C2

accent

#E9E53F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52225

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

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