#A52235#A52235

#A52235 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.166 H 19.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52235
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 53)
HSL	hsl(351, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(351, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 67.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.75, 52.87, 22.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.75, 57.59, 23.36°)
OKLab	oklab(47.54% 0.1566 0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(47.54% 0.166 19)
XYZ	xyz(16.7335, 9.4030, 4.3013)
Luminance	0.0940 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52235 #22A592

analogous

#A52277 #A52235 #A55122

triadic

#A52235 #35A522 #2235A5

tetradic

#A52235 #77A522 #22A592 #5122A5

square

#A52235 #77A522 #22A592 #5122A5

split-complementary

#A52235 #22A551 #2277A5

monochromatic

#400D14 #721825 #A52235 #D43048 #DF6375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.29

#A52235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A52235 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52235

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52235	1.00	7.29	2.88	7.29
#FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.29	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494535

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.166 19.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a6c',
    500: '#a52235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52235;
$custom-light: #c76a6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.298,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47537,
    "c": 0.16559,
    "h": 19
  },
  "luminance": 0.094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52235

secondary

#5FC4B5

accent

#E9D03F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140706

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52235

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

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