#A52231#A52231

#A52231 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.166 H 20.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52231
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 49)
HSL	hsl(353, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(353, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 52.66, 25.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 58.41, 25.63°)
OKLab	oklab(47.47% 0.155 0.0587)
OKLCH	oklch(47.47% 0.166 20.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6453, 9.3677, 3.8368)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52231 #22A596

analogous

#A52273 #A52231 #A55522

triadic

#A52231 #31A522 #2231A5

tetradic

#A52231 #73A522 #22A596 #5522A5

square

#A52231 #73A522 #22A596 #5522A5

split-complementary

#A52231 #22A555 #2273A5

monochromatic

#400D13 #721822 #A52231 #D43043 #DF6371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A52231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A52231 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52231

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52231	1.00	7.31	2.87	7.31
#FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.87	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.31	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A602D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.166 20.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86a69',
    500: '#a52231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52231;
$custom-light: #c86a69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.13,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47466,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 20.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52231

secondary

#5FC4B8

accent

#E9D53F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52231

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

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