#A52A24#A52A24

#A52A24 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.160 H 27.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A24
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 36)
HSL	hsl(3, 64%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(3, 78%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 78.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, 49.45, 33.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 60.00, 34.50°)
OKLab	oklab(47.98% 0.142 0.0748)
OKLCH	oklch(47.98% 0.16 27.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6654, 9.7852, 2.6800)
Luminance	0.0978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A24 #249FA5

analogous

#A5245E #A52A24 #A56B24

triadic

#A52A24 #24A52A #2A24A5

tetradic

#A52A24 #5EA524 #249FA5 #6B24A5

square

#A52A24 #5EA524 #249FA5 #6B24A5

split-complementary

#A52A24 #24A56B #245EA5

monochromatic

#41100E #731D19 #A52A24 #D33B34 #DE6B66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A52A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A52A24 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A24

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A24	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D621F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.160 27.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d5f',
    500: '#a52a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a24;
$custom-light: #c86d5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.791,
    "s": 64.179,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47984,
    "c": 0.16047,
    "h": 27.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09783
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A24

secondary

#62BFC3

accent

#DFE741

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A24

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

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