#A52520#A52520

#A52520 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52520
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 32)
HSL	hsl(2, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(2, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, 51.01, 35.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 62.20, 34.89°)
OKLab	oklab(47.48% 0.1461 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(47.48% 0.165 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.4413, 9.4294, 2.3206)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52520 #20A0A5

analogous

#A5205D #A52520 #A56720

triadic

#A52520 #20A525 #2520A5

tetradic

#A52520 #5DA520 #20A0A5 #6720A5

square

#A52520 #5DA520 #20A0A5 #6720A5

split-complementary

#A52520 #20A567 #205DA5

monochromatic

#3E0E0C #721A16 #A52520 #D6322C #E0645F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#A52520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A52520 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52520

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52520	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D451E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5c',
    500: '#a52520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52520;
$custom-light: #c96b5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.256,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47482,
    "c": 0.16512,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52520

secondary

#5CC1C5

accent

#E4EA3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52520

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

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