#A52A22#A52A22

#A52A22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.161 H 28.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A22
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.43, 49.37, 35.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.43, 60.58, 35.41°)
OKLab	oklab(47.96% 0.1413 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(47.96% 0.161 28.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6357, 9.7733, 2.5236)
Luminance	0.0977 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A22 #229DA5

analogous

#A5225C #A52A22 #A56C22

triadic

#A52A22 #22A52A #2A22A5

tetradic

#A52A22 #5CA522 #229DA5 #6C22A5

square

#A52A22 #5CA522 #229DA5 #6C22A5

split-complementary

#A52A22 #22A56C #225CA5

monochromatic

#40100D #721D18 #A52A22 #D43A30 #DF6A63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.11

#A52A22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.95

#A52A22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A22

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A22	1.00	7.11	2.95	7.11
#FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.95	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.11	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B60029

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.161 28.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d5e',
    500: '#a52a22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a22;
$custom-light: #c86d5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 3.664,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47961,
    "c": 0.16076,
    "h": 28.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09771
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A22

secondary

#5FBEC4

accent

#DEE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A22

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

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