#A52A40#A52A40

#A52A40 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.158 H 15.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52A40
RGB	rgb(165, 42, 64)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 75%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 74.5%, 61.2%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 50.91, 17.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 53.79, 18.81°)
OKLab	oklab(48.45% 0.1526 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(48.45% 0.158 15.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2722, 10.0279, 5.8756)
Luminance	0.1003 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52A40 #2AA58F

analogous

#A52A7D #A52A40 #A5512A

triadic

#A52A40 #40A52A #2A40A5

tetradic

#A52A40 #7DA52A #2AA58F #512AA5

square

#A52A40 #7DA52A #2AA58F #512AA5

split-complementary

#A52A40 #2AA551 #2A7DA5

monochromatic

#43111A #741E2D #A52A40 #CE3E58 #DA6F82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A52A40 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.01

#A52A40 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52A40

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52A40	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52A40	1.00	6.99	3.01	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.01	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B4940

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B623D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50033

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52a40;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 42, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.158 15.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e74',
    500: '#a52a40',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52a40;
$custom-light: #c66e74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52a40",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 42,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 349.268,
    "s": 59.42,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48451,
    "c": 0.15837,
    "h": 15.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.10025
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52A40

secondary

#69C1B2

accent

#E3C645

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52A40

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

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