#A52A26#A52A26

#A52A26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.160 H 27.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A26
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 38)
HSL	hsl(2, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, 49.52, 32.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 59.43, 33.56°)
OKLab	oklab(48.01% 0.1426 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(48.01% 0.16 27.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.6968, 9.7978, 2.8453)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A26 #26A1A5

analogous

#A52661 #A52A26 #A56A26

triadic

#A52A26 #26A52A #2A26A5

tetradic

#A52A26 #61A526 #26A1A5 #6A26A5

square

#A52A26 #61A526 #26A1A5 #6A26A5

split-complementary

#A52A26 #26A56A #2661A5

monochromatic

#42110F #731D1B #A52A26 #D13C37 #DC6D69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#A52A26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A52A26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A26

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A26	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)

#4F4724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.160 27.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d61',
    500: '#a52a26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a26;
$custom-light: #c86d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.89,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48009,
    "c": 0.16019,
    "h": 27.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A26

secondary

#64C0C3

accent

#E0E642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A26

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

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