#A52A36#A52A36

#A52A36 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.159 H 20.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A36
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 54)
HSL	hsl(354, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 67.3%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.71, 50.29, 23.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.71, 55.47, 24.95°)
OKLab	oklab(48.25% 0.1486 0.0553)
OKLCH	oklch(48.25% 0.159 20.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.0127, 9.9241, 4.5091)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A36 #2AA599

analogous

#A52A73 #A52A36 #A55B2A

triadic

#A52A36 #36A52A #2A36A5

tetradic

#A52A36 #73A52A #2AA599 #5B2AA5

square

#A52A36 #73A52A #2AA599 #5B2AA5

split-complementary

#A52A36 #2AA55B #2A73A5

monochromatic

#431116 #741E26 #A52A36 #CE3E4C #DA6F7A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A52A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A52A36 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A36

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A36	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4835

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.159 20.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e6d',
    500: '#a52a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a36;
$custom-light: #c76e6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.146,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48252,
    "c": 0.15852,
    "h": 20.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A36

secondary

#69C1B9

accent

#E3D345

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A36

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

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