#A52238#A52238

#A52238 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.166 H 17.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52238
RGB	rgb(165, 34, 56)
HSL	hsl(350, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(350, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 79.4%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 53.03, 21.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 57.04, 21.60°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% 0.1578 0.0501)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.166 17.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8047, 9.4315, 4.6762)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52238 #22A58F

analogous

#A5227A #A52238 #A54E22

triadic

#A52238 #38A522 #2238A5

tetradic

#A52238 #7AA522 #22A58F #4E22A5

square

#A52238 #7AA522 #22A58F #4E22A5

split-complementary

#A52238 #22A54E #227AA5

monochromatic

#400D16 #721827 #A52238 #D4304B #DF6377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A52238 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A52238 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52238

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52238	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52238	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#494538

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A6034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52238;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 34, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.166 17.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76a6e',
    500: '#a52238',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52238;
$custom-light: #c76a6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52238",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 34,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.924,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47593,
    "c": 0.16554,
    "h": 17.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52238

secondary

#5FC4B3

accent

#E9CC3F

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140707

muted

#837A7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52238

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

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