#A52A2D#A52A2D

#A52A2D is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.159 H 24.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A2D
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 45)
HSL	hsl(359, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(359, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 72.7%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.57, 49.83, 28.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.57, 57.54, 30.01°)
OKLab	oklab(48.1% 0.1451 0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(48.1% 0.159 24.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8206, 9.8473, 3.4971)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A2D #2AA5A2

analogous

#A52A6A #A52A2D #A5652A

triadic

#A52A2D #2DA52A #2A2DA5

tetradic

#A52A2D #6AA52A #2AA5A2 #652AA5

square

#A52A2D #6AA52A #2AA5A2 #652AA5

split-complementary

#A52A2D #2AA565 #2A6AA5

monochromatic

#431112 #741E20 #A52A2D #CE3E42 #DA6F72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A52A2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A52A2D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A2D

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A2D	1.00	7.07	2.97	7.07
#FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.97	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.07	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E472C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6229

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.159 24.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86d66',
    500: '#a52a2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a2d;
$custom-light: #c86d66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 358.537,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48104,
    "c": 0.1593,
    "h": 24.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A2D

secondary

#69C1BF

accent

#E3DF45

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150806

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A2D

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

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