#A52A1E#A52A1E

#A52A1E is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.097; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.161 H 29.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A1E
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 30)
HSL	hsl(5, 69%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(5, 82%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 81.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.39, 49.24, 37.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.39, 61.76, 37.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.92% 0.1401 0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(47.92% 0.161 29.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5813, 9.7516, 2.2372)
Luminance	0.0975 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A1E #1E99A5

analogous

#A51E56 #A52A1E #A56D1E

triadic

#A52A1E #1EA52A #2A1EA5

tetradic

#A52A1E #56A51E #1E99A5 #6D1EA5

square

#A52A1E #56A51E #1E99A5 #6D1EA5

split-complementary

#A52A1E #1EA56D #1E56A5

monochromatic

#3D100B #711D15 #A52A1E #D83828 #E1685C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.12

#A52A1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A52A1E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A1E

7.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A1E	1.00	7.12	2.95	7.12
#FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F471B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6218

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.161 29.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c96d5b',
    500: '#a52a1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a1e;
$custom-light: #c96d5b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5.333,
    "s": 69.231,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47919,
    "c": 0.16135,
    "h": 29.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A1E

secondary

#59BCC5

accent

#DCEC3C

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FBECE9

border

#D4C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A1E

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

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