#A52A27#A52A27

#A52A27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.160 H 26.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A27
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 39)
HSL	hsl(1, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.49, 49.56, 32.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.49, 59.15, 33.07°)
OKLab	oklab(48.02% 0.143 0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(48.02% 0.16 26.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7132, 9.8043, 2.9315)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A27 #27A2A5

analogous

#A52763 #A52A27 #A56927

triadic

#A52A27 #27A52A #2A27A5

tetradic

#A52A27 #63A527 #27A2A5 #6927A5

square

#A52A27 #63A527 #27A2A5 #6927A5

split-complementary

#A52A27 #27A569 #2763A5

monochromatic

#421110 #741D1B #A52A27 #D03D39 #DC6D6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A52A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A52A27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A27

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A27	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F4725

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.160 26.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d61',
    500: '#a52a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a27;
$custom-light: #c86d61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 1.429,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48021,
    "c": 0.16005,
    "h": 26.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09802
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A27

secondary

#66C0C2

accent

#E1E543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A27

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

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