#A52524#A52524

#A52524 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 47.5% C 0.165 H 26.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52524
RGB	rgb(165, 37, 36)
HSL	hsl(0, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(0, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 77.6%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.84, 51.15, 33.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.84, 61.06, 33.09°)
OKLab	oklab(47.53% 0.1473 0.0734)
OKLCH	oklch(47.53% 0.165 26.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.4990, 9.4525, 2.6245)
Luminance	0.0945 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52524 #24A4A5

analogous

#A52464 #A52524 #A56624

triadic

#A52524 #24A525 #2524A5

tetradic

#A52524 #64A524 #24A4A5 #6624A5

square

#A52524 #64A524 #24A4A5 #6624A5

split-complementary

#A52524 #24A566 #2464A5

monochromatic

#410E0E #731A19 #A52524 #D33534 #DE6766

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#A52524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#A52524 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52524

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52524	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)

#4C4522

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C611F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60027

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 37, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.5% 0.165 26.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96b5f',
    500: '#a52524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52524;
$custom-light: #c96b5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 37,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.465,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47528,
    "c": 0.16461,
    "h": 26.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52524

secondary

#62C2C3

accent

#E6E741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52524

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

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