#A52A38#A52A38

#A52A38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.158 H 19.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A38
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 56)
HSL	hsl(353, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(353, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 50.41, 22.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 55.08, 23.76°)
OKLab	oklab(48.29% 0.1494 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(48.29% 0.158 19.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.0606, 9.9433, 4.7615)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A38 #2AA597

analogous

#A52A75 #A52A38 #A55A2A

triadic

#A52A38 #38A52A #2A38A5

tetradic

#A52A38 #75A52A #2AA597 #5A2AA5

square

#A52A38 #75A52A #2AA597 #5A2AA5

split-complementary

#A52A38 #2AA55A #2A75A5

monochromatic

#431117 #741E27 #A52A38 #CE3E4F #DA6F7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A52A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A52A38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A38

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A38	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D4838

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50030

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.158 19.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76e6e',
    500: '#a52a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a38;
$custom-light: #c76e6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 353.171,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48289,
    "c": 0.15842,
    "h": 19.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A38

secondary

#69C1B7

accent

#E3D145

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A38

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

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