#A52840#A52840

#A52840 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.160 H 15.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52840
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 64)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.64, 51.61, 17.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.64, 54.34, 18.24°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1548 0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.16 15)
XYZ	xyz(17.2030, 9.8896, 5.8525)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52840 #28A58D

analogous

#A5287E #A52840 #A54E28

triadic

#A52840 #40A528 #2840A5

tetradic

#A52840 #7EA528 #28A58D #4E28A5

square

#A52840 #7EA528 #28A58D #4E28A5

split-complementary

#A52840 #28A54E #287EA5

monochromatic

#42101A #741C2D #A52840 #CF3B57 #DB6C81

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A52840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A52840 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52840

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52840	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50032

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.160 15.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d74',
    500: '#a52840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52840;
$custom-light: #c66d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.48,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48267,
    "c": 0.16032,
    "h": 15
  },
  "luminance": 0.09887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52840

secondary

#67C2B0

accent

#E4C544

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52840

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

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