#A52831#A52831

#A52831 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.161 H 22.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52831
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 49)
HSL	hsl(356, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(356, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 70.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 50.72, 26.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 57.04, 27.23°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.1489 0.0605)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.161 22.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.8321, 9.7412, 3.8991)
Luminance	0.0974 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52831 #28A59C

analogous

#A5286F #A52831 #A55D28

triadic

#A52831 #31A528 #2831A5

tetradic

#A52831 #6FA528 #28A59C #5D28A5

square

#A52831 #6FA528 #28A59C #5D28A5

split-complementary

#A52831 #28A55D #286FA5

monochromatic

#421014 #741C22 #A52831 #CF3B45 #DB6C74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A52831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A52831 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52831

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52831	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4730

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C622D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.161 22.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d69',
    500: '#a52831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52831;
$custom-light: #c76d69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 355.68,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4798,
    "c": 0.16069,
    "h": 22.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09739
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52831

secondary

#67C2BB

accent

#E4D944

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52831

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

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