#A52829#A52829

#A52829 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.162 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52829
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 41)
HSL	hsl(360, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(360, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 75.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.26, 50.35, 30.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.26, 59.04, 31.49°)
OKLab	oklab(47.86% 0.1459 0.0693)
OKLCH	oklch(47.86% 0.162 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6780, 9.6796, 3.0876)
Luminance	0.0968 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52829 #28A5A4

analogous

#A52867 #A52829 #A56528

triadic

#A52829 #29A528 #2829A5

tetradic

#A52829 #67A528 #28A5A4 #6528A5

square

#A52829 #67A528 #28A5A4 #6528A5

split-complementary

#A52829 #28A565 #2867A5

monochromatic

#421011 #741C1D #A52829 #CF3B3C #DB6C6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.15

#A52829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.94

#A52829 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52829

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52829	1.00	7.15	2.94	7.15
#FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.15	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4628

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6124

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.162 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86c63',
    500: '#a52829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52829;
$custom-light: #c86c63;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.52,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47859,
    "c": 0.16151,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09677
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52829

secondary

#67C2C1

accent

#E4E344

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150705

muted

#837A79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52829

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

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