#A52828#A52828

#A52828 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.8% C 0.162 H 25.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52828
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 40)
HSL	hsl(0, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(0, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.25, 50.31, 31.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.25, 59.31, 31.99°)
OKLab	oklab(47.85% 0.1455 0.0703)
OKLCH	oklch(47.85% 0.162 25.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6608, 9.6727, 2.9968)
Luminance	0.0967 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52828 #28A5A5

analogous

#A52866 #A52828 #A56628

triadic

#A52828 #28A528 #2828A5

tetradic

#A52828 #66A528 #28A5A5 #6628A5

square

#A52828 #66A528 #28A5A5 #6628A5

split-complementary

#A52828 #28A566 #2866A5

monochromatic

#421010 #741C1C #A52828 #CF3B3B #DB6C6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.16

#A52828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#A52828 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52828

7.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52828	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)

#4E4627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6123

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.8% 0.162 25.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c62',
    500: '#a52828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52828;
$custom-light: #c86c62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47846,
    "c": 0.16164,
    "h": 25.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52828

secondary

#67C2C2

accent

#E4E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52828

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

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