#A52522#A52522

#A52522 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 27.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52522
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 34)
HSL	hsl(1, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(1, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.82, 51.08, 34.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.82, 61.62, 34.01°)
OKLab	oklab(47.5% 0.1467 0.0753)
OKLCH	oklch(47.5% 0.165 27.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.4693, 9.4406, 2.4681)
Luminance	0.0944 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52522 #22A2A5

analogous

#A52261 #A52522 #A56722

triadic

#A52522 #22A525 #2522A5

tetradic

#A52522 #61A522 #22A2A5 #6722A5

square

#A52522 #61A522 #22A2A5 #6722A5

split-complementary

#A52522 #22A567 #2261A5

monochromatic

#400E0D #721A18 #A52522 #D43430 #DF6563

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A52522 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A52522 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52522

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52522	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52522	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60026

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52522;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 27.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5e',
    500: '#a52522',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52522;
$custom-light: #c96b5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52522",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.374,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47504,
    "c": 0.16486,
    "h": 27.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52522

secondary

#5FC2C4

accent

#E5E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52522

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

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