#A52838#A52838

#A52838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.160 H 18.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52838
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 56)
HSL	hsl(352, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(352, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 51.10, 21.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 55.59, 23.17°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1516 0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.16 18.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9915, 9.8050, 4.7385)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52838 #28A595

analogous

#A52876 #A52838 #A55628

triadic

#A52838 #38A528 #2838A5

tetradic

#A52838 #76A528 #28A595 #5628A5

square

#A52838 #76A528 #28A595 #5628A5

split-complementary

#A52838 #28A556 #2876A5

monochromatic

#421017 #741C27 #A52838 #CF3B4E #DB6C7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A52838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A52838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52838

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52838	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4738

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B6234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5002F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.160 18.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76d6e',
    500: '#a52838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52838;
$custom-light: #c76d6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 352.32,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48103,
    "c": 0.16029,
    "h": 18.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52838

secondary

#67C2B6

accent

#E4D044

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52838

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

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