#A52A1B#A52A1B

#A52A1B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.162 H 30.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A1B
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 27)
HSL	hsl(7, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(7, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 83.6%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.37, 49.15, 38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.37, 62.65, 38.32°)
OKLab	oklab(47.89% 0.1392 0.0824)
OKLCH	oklch(47.89% 0.162 30.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.5448, 9.7370, 2.0450)
Luminance	0.0973 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A1B #1B96A5

analogous

#A51B51 #A52A1B #A56F1B

triadic

#A52A1B #1BA52A #2A1BA5

tetradic

#A52A1B #51A51B #1B96A5 #6F1BA5

square

#A52A1B #51A51B #1B96A5 #6F1BA5

split-complementary

#A52A1B #1BA56F #1B51A5

monochromatic

#3C0F0A #701D12 #A52A1B #DA3724 #E36657

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.13

#A52A1B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A52A1B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A1B

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A1B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A1B	1.00	7.13	2.95	7.13
#FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504718

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6214

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60028

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a1b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.162 30.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96d59',
    500: '#a52a1b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a1b;
$custom-light: #c96d59;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a1b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.522,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47891,
    "c": 0.1618,
    "h": 30.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A1B

secondary

#55BAC7

accent

#DBEF39

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A1B

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

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