#A52423#A52423

#A52423 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.166 H 26.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52423
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 35)
HSL	hsl(0, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.72, 51.44, 33.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.72, 61.54, 33.29°)
OKLab	oklab(47.43% 0.148 0.0741)
OKLCH	oklch(47.43% 0.166 26.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.4533, 9.3851, 2.5350)
Luminance	0.0938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52423 #23A4A5

analogous

#A52363 #A52423 #A56523

triadic

#A52423 #23A524 #2423A5

tetradic

#A52423 #63A523 #23A4A5 #6523A5

square

#A52423 #63A523 #23A4A5 #6523A5

split-complementary

#A52423 #23A565 #2363A5

monochromatic

#400E0E #731918 #A52423 #D33332 #DE6564

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A52423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A52423 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52423

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52423	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)

#4C4421

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.166 26.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5e',
    500: '#a52423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52423;
$custom-light: #c96b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.462,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4743,
    "c": 0.16552,
    "h": 26.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52423

secondary

#60C3C4

accent

#E7E840

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52423

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

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