#A52422#A52422

#A52422 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 26.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52422
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.70, 51.40, 34.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.70, 61.82, 33.75°)
OKLab	oklab(47.42% 0.1477 0.075)
OKLCH	oklch(47.42% 0.166 26.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.4386, 9.3792, 2.4579)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52422 #22A3A5

analogous

#A52262 #A52422 #A56622

triadic

#A52422 #22A524 #2422A5

tetradic

#A52422 #62A522 #22A3A5 #6622A5

square

#A52422 #62A522 #22A3A5 #6622A5

split-complementary

#A52422 #22A566 #2262A5

monochromatic

#400E0D #721918 #A52422 #D43230 #DF6563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A52422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A52422 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52422

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52422	1.00	7.30	2.88	7.30
#FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.88	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.30	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4420

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60025

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 26.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5e',
    500: '#a52422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52422;
$custom-light: #c96b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.916,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47419,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 26.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52422

secondary

#5FC2C4

accent

#E6E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52422

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

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