#A52837#A52837

#A52837 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.160 H 19.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52837
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 55)
HSL	hsl(353, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(353, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 66.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.47, 51.05, 22.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.47, 55.78, 23.77°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1512 0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.16 19.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9673, 9.7953, 4.6110)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52837 #28A596

analogous

#A52875 #A52837 #A55728

triadic

#A52837 #37A528 #2837A5

tetradic

#A52837 #75A528 #28A596 #5728A5

square

#A52837 #75A528 #28A596 #5728A5

split-complementary

#A52837 #28A557 #2875A5

monochromatic

#421016 #741C27 #A52837 #CF3B4D #DB6C79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A52837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A52837 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52837

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52837	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4737

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.160 19.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d6d',
    500: '#a52837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52837;
$custom-light: #c76d6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.8,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48084,
    "c": 0.16033,
    "h": 19.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52837

secondary

#67C2B7

accent

#E4D144

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52837

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

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