#A52420#A52420

#A52420 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52420
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.68, 51.34, 35.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.68, 62.39, 34.64°)
OKLab	oklab(47.4% 0.1471 0.0768)
OKLCH	oklch(47.4% 0.166 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4106, 9.3680, 2.3103)
Luminance	0.0936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52420 #20A1A5

analogous

#A5205E #A52420 #A56620

triadic

#A52420 #20A524 #2420A5

tetradic

#A52420 #5EA520 #20A1A5 #6620A5

square

#A52420 #5EA520 #20A1A5 #6620A5

split-complementary

#A52420 #20A566 #205EA5

monochromatic

#3E0E0C #721916 #A52420 #D6312C #E0635F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A52420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A52420 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52420

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52420	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)

#4C441E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5c',
    500: '#a52420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52420;
$custom-light: #c96b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.805,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47397,
    "c": 0.1659,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52420

secondary

#5CC2C5

accent

#E5EA3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52420

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

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