#A52442#A52442

#A52442 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.164 H 13.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52442
RGB	rgb(165, 36, 66)
HSL	hsl(346, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(346, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 78.2%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.22, 53.05, 15.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.22, 55.18, 15.96°)
OKLab	oklab(47.97% 0.1598 0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(47.97% 0.164 13.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.1330, 9.6570, 6.1150)
Luminance	0.0965 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52442 #24A587

analogous

#A52482 #A52442 #A54724

triadic

#A52442 #42A524 #2442A5

tetradic

#A52442 #82A524 #24A587 #4724A5

square

#A52442 #82A524 #24A587 #4724A5

split-complementary

#A52442 #24A547 #2482A5

monochromatic

#410E1A #73192E #A52442 #D33459 #DE6682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.17

#A52442 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A52442 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52442

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52442	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52442	1.00	7.17	2.93	7.17
#FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#484742

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69613F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52442;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 36, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.164 13.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76b76',
    500: '#a52442',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52442;
$custom-light: #c76b76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52442",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 36,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 346.047,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47966,
    "c": 0.16416,
    "h": 13.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52442

secondary

#62C3AC

accent

#E7C041

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140708

muted

#837A7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52442

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

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