#A52237#A52237

#A52237 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.166 H 18.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52237
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 55)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.78, 52.98, 21.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.78, 57.22, 22.19°)
OKLab	oklab(47.57% 0.1574 0.0513)
OKLCH	oklch(47.57% 0.166 18.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7805, 9.4218, 4.5487)
Luminance	0.0942 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52237 #22A590

analogous

#A52279 #A52237 #A54F22

triadic

#A52237 #37A522 #2237A5

tetradic

#A52237 #79A522 #22A590 #4F22A5

square

#A52237 #79A522 #22A590 #4F22A5

split-complementary

#A52237 #22A54F #2279A5

monochromatic

#400D15 #721826 #A52237 #D4304A #DF6377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A52237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A52237 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52237

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52237	1.00	7.28	2.88	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.166 18.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a6d',
    500: '#a52237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52237;
$custom-light: #c76a6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 350.382,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47574,
    "c": 0.16556,
    "h": 18.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52237

secondary

#5FC4B4

accent

#E9CE3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52237

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

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