#A52842#A52842

#A52842 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.160 H 14.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52842
RGB	rgb(165, 40, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.8%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 51.74, 15.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 54.10, 16.97°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% 0.1556 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.16 14)
XYZ	xyz(17.2609, 9.9128, 6.1577)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52842 #28A58B

analogous

#A52880 #A52842 #A54C28

triadic

#A52842 #42A528 #2842A5

tetradic

#A52842 #80A528 #28A58B #4C28A5

square

#A52842 #80A528 #28A58B #4C28A5

split-complementary

#A52842 #28A54C #2880A5

monochromatic

#42101B #741C2E #A52842 #CF3B5A #DB6C83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A52842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A52842 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52842

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52842	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A4842

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 40, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.160 14.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d76',
    500: '#a52842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52842;
$custom-light: #c66d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 40,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.52,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48311,
    "c": 0.16042,
    "h": 14
  },
  "luminance": 0.0991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52842

secondary

#67C2AF

accent

#E4C344

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52842

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

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