#A52820#A52820

#A52820 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.163 H 28.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52820
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 32)
HSL	hsl(4, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 81%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 80.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.16, 50.01, 35.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.16, 61.59, 35.71°)
OKLab	oklab(47.75% 0.1429 0.0778)
OKLCH	oklch(47.75% 0.163 28.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5385, 9.6238, 2.3530)
Luminance	0.0962 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52820 #209DA5

analogous

#A5205A #A52820 #A56A20

triadic

#A52820 #20A528 #2820A5

tetradic

#A52820 #5AA520 #209DA5 #6A20A5

square

#A52820 #5AA520 #209DA5 #6A20A5

split-complementary

#A52820 #20A56A #205AA5

monochromatic

#3E0F0C #721C16 #A52820 #D6362C #E0675F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A52820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.92

#A52820 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52820

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52820	1.00	7.18	2.92	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.92	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E461E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.163 28.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c5c',
    500: '#a52820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52820;
$custom-light: #c96c5c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.609,
    "s": 67.513,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4775,
    "c": 0.16272,
    "h": 28.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09621
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52820

secondary

#5CBEC5

accent

#E0EA3D

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52820

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

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