#A52942#A52942

#A52942 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.4% C 0.159 H 14.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52942
RGB	rgb(165, 41, 66)
HSL	hsl(348, 60%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(348, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 75.2%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.81, 51.40, 15.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.81, 53.82, 17.25°)
OKLab	oklab(48.4% 0.1545 0.0393)
OKLCH	oklch(48.4% 0.159 14.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2951, 9.9811, 6.1690)
Luminance	0.0998 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52942 #29A58C

analogous

#A52980 #A52942 #A54E29

triadic

#A52942 #42A529 #2942A5

tetradic

#A52942 #80A529 #29A58C #4E29A5

square

#A52942 #80A529 #29A58C #4E29A5

split-complementary

#A52942 #29A54E #2980A5

monochromatic

#43111B #741D2E #A52942 #CF3D5A #DB6E84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.01

#A52942 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A52942 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52942

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52942	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52942	1.00	7.01	3.00	7.01
#FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A623F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52942;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 41, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.4% 0.159 14.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66d76',
    500: '#a52942',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52942;
$custom-light: #c66d76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52942",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 41,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 347.903,
    "s": 60.194,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48402,
    "c": 0.15944,
    "h": 14.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52942

secondary

#68C2B0

accent

#E3C344

background

#FDF6F7

surface

#FAECED

border

#D3C7C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52942

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

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