#A52727#A52727

#A52727 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.163 H 25.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52727
RGB	rgb(165, 39, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 76.4%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.11, 50.61, 31.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.11, 59.80, 32.20°)
OKLab	oklab(47.74% 0.1463 0.071)
OKLCH	oklch(47.74% 0.163 25.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.6107, 9.5994, 2.8973)
Luminance	0.0960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52727 #27A5A5

analogous

#A52766 #A52727 #A56627

triadic

#A52727 #27A527 #2727A5

tetradic

#A52727 #66A527 #27A5A5 #6627A5

square

#A52727 #66A527 #27A5A5 #6627A5

split-complementary

#A52727 #27A566 #2766A5

monochromatic

#421010 #741B1B #A52727 #D03939 #DC6A6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.19

#A52727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A52727 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52727

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52727	1.00	7.19	2.92	7.19
#FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.19	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 39, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.163 25.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c61',
    500: '#a52727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52727;
$custom-light: #c86c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 39,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47742,
    "c": 0.16261,
    "h": 25.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52727

secondary

#66C2C2

accent

#E5E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52727

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

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