#A52940#A52940

#A52940 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.159 H 15.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52940
RGB	rgb(165, 41, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.77, 51.26, 17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.77, 54.06, 18.52°)
OKLab	oklab(48.36% 0.1537 0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(48.36% 0.159 15.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2372, 9.9579, 5.8639)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52940 #29A58E

analogous

#A5297E #A52940 #A55029

triadic

#A52940 #40A529 #2940A5

tetradic

#A52940 #7EA529 #29A58E #5029A5

square

#A52940 #7EA529 #29A58E #5029A5

split-complementary

#A52940 #29A550 #297EA5

monochromatic

#43111A #741D2D #A52940 #CF3D58 #DB6E82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A52940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A52940 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52940

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52940	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4840

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 41, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.159 15.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d74',
    500: '#a52940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52940;
$custom-light: #c66d74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.871,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48358,
    "c": 0.15935,
    "h": 15.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09955
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52940

secondary

#68C2B1

accent

#E3C644

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52940

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

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