#A52A2B#A52A2B

#A52A2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.160 H 25.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A2B
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 43)
HSL	hsl(360, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(360, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.54, 49.73, 29.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.54, 58.06, 31.06°)
OKLab	oklab(48.08% 0.1444 0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(48.08% 0.16 25.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.7830, 9.8323, 3.2991)
Luminance	0.0983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A2B #2AA5A4

analogous

#A52A68 #A52A2B #A5662A

triadic

#A52A2B #2BA52A #2A2BA5

tetradic

#A52A2B #68A52A #2AA5A4 #662AA5

square

#A52A2B #68A52A #2AA5A4 #662AA5

split-complementary

#A52A2B #2AA566 #2A68A5

monochromatic

#431112 #741E1E #A52A2B #CE3E3F #DA6F70

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.08

#A52A2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A52A2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A2B

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A2B	1.00	7.08	2.97	7.08
#FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.160 25.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d64',
    500: '#a52a2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a2b;
$custom-light: #c86d64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 359.512,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48075,
    "c": 0.15953,
    "h": 25.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.0983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A2B

secondary

#69C1C1

accent

#E3E145

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A2B

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

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