#A52822#A52822

#A52822 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 27.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52822
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 34)
HSL	hsl(3, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.18, 50.08, 34.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.18, 61.00, 34.83°)
OKLab	oklab(47.77% 0.1435 0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(47.77% 0.162 27.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.5665, 9.6350, 2.5005)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52822 #229FA5

analogous

#A5225E #A52822 #A56A22

triadic

#A52822 #22A528 #2822A5

tetradic

#A52822 #5EA522 #229FA5 #6A22A5

square

#A52822 #5EA522 #229FA5 #6A22A5

split-complementary

#A52822 #22A56A #225EA5

monochromatic

#400F0D #721C18 #A52822 #D43730 #DF6863

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#A52822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A52822 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52822

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52822	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4620

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D611D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 27.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96c5e',
    500: '#a52822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52822;
$custom-light: #c96c5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.748,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47772,
    "c": 0.16244,
    "h": 27.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09632
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52822

secondary

#5FBFC4

accent

#E1E93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150704

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52822

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

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