#A52A28#A52A28

#A52A28 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.160 H 26.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A28
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 40)
HSL	hsl(1, 61%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(1, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 75.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.50, 49.61, 31.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.50, 58.87, 32.58°)
OKLab	oklab(48.03% 0.1433 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(48.03% 0.16 26.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7300, 9.8110, 3.0199)
Luminance	0.0981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A28 #28A3A5

analogous

#A52864 #A52A28 #A56828

triadic

#A52A28 #28A52A #2A28A5

tetradic

#A52A28 #64A528 #28A3A5 #6828A5

square

#A52A28 #64A528 #28A3A5 #6828A5

split-complementary

#A52A28 #28A568 #2864A5

monochromatic

#421110 #741D1C #A52A28 #CF3D3B #DB6E6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#A52A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#A52A28 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A28

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A28	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)

#4F4726

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6223

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.160 26.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d62',
    500: '#a52a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a28;
$custom-light: #c86d62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0.96,
    "s": 60.976,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48034,
    "c": 0.15992,
    "h": 26.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09808
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A28

secondary

#67C0C2

accent

#E2E444

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A28

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

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