#A52421#A52421

#A52421 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52421
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 33)
HSL	hsl(1, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.69, 51.37, 34.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.69, 62.11, 34.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.41% 0.1474 0.0759)
OKLCH	oklch(47.41% 0.166 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4244, 9.3735, 2.3830)
Luminance	0.0937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52421 #21A2A5

analogous

#A52160 #A52421 #A56621

triadic

#A52421 #21A524 #2421A5

tetradic

#A52421 #60A521 #21A2A5 #6621A5

square

#A52421 #60A521 #21A2A5 #6621A5

split-complementary

#A52421 #21A566 #2160A5

monochromatic

#3F0E0D #721917 #A52421 #D5322E #DF6461

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.31

#A52421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.87

#A52421 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52421

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52421	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)

#4C441F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5d',
    500: '#a52421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52421;
$custom-light: #c96b5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.364,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47408,
    "c": 0.16577,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09371
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52421

secondary

#5EC2C4

accent

#E6EA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52421

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

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