#A52827#A52827

#A52827 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 26.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52827
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 39)
HSL	hsl(0, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.24, 50.27, 32.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.24, 59.59, 32.48°)
OKLab	oklab(47.83% 0.1452 0.0713)
OKLCH	oklch(47.83% 0.162 26.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.6440, 9.6660, 2.9084)
Luminance	0.0966 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52827 #27A4A5

analogous

#A52765 #A52827 #A56727

triadic

#A52827 #27A528 #2827A5

tetradic

#A52827 #65A527 #27A4A5 #6727A5

square

#A52827 #65A527 #27A4A5 #6727A5

split-complementary

#A52827 #27A567 #2765A5

monochromatic

#421010 #741C1B #A52827 #D03A39 #DC6B6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A52827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A52827 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52827

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52827	1.00	7.16	2.93	7.16
#FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.16	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6122

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 26.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c61',
    500: '#a52827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52827;
$custom-light: #c86c61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.476,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47833,
    "c": 0.16177,
    "h": 26.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.09663
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52827

secondary

#66C1C2

accent

#E4E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52827

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

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