#A52424#A52424

#A52424 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.165 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52424
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.73, 51.47, 33.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.73, 61.26, 32.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% 0.1484 0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.165 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4683, 9.3911, 2.6143)
Luminance	0.0939 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52424 #24A5A5

analogous

#A52465 #A52424 #A56524

triadic

#A52424 #24A524 #2424A5

tetradic

#A52424 #65A524 #24A5A5 #6524A5

square

#A52424 #65A524 #24A5A5 #6524A5

split-complementary

#A52424 #24A565 #2465A5

monochromatic

#410E0E #731919 #A52424 #D33434 #DE6666

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.30

#A52424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.88

#A52424 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52424

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52424	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)

#4C4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C601F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.165 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5f',
    500: '#a52424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52424;
$custom-light: #c96b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47442,
    "c": 0.1654,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52424

secondary

#62C3C3

accent

#E7E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52424

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

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