#A52227#A52227

#A52227 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 47.3% C 0.167 H 24.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52227
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 39)
HSL	hsl(358, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(358, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.54, 52.21, 31.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.54, 60.84, 30.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.32% 0.1513 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(47.32% 0.167 24.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.4572, 9.2925, 2.8462)
Luminance	0.0929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52227 #22A5A0

analogous

#A52269 #A52227 #A55F22

triadic

#A52227 #27A522 #2227A5

tetradic

#A52227 #69A522 #22A5A0 #5F22A5

square

#A52227 #69A522 #22A5A0 #5F22A5

split-complementary

#A52227 #22A55F #2269A5

monochromatic

#400D0F #72181B #A52227 #D43036 #DF6367

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.35

#A52227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.86

#A52227 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52227

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52227	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)

#4B4426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6022

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.3% 0.167 24.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a61',
    500: '#a52227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52227;
$custom-light: #c86a61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 357.71,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47316,
    "c": 0.1666,
    "h": 24.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0929
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52227

secondary

#5FC4C0

accent

#E9E23F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52227

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

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