#A52B22#A52B22

#A52B22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.160 H 28.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52B22
RGB	rgb(165, 43, 34)
HSL	hsl(4, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(4, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.56, 49.01, 35.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.56, 60.36, 35.72°)
OKLab	oklab(48.06% 0.1402 0.077)
OKLCH	oklch(48.06% 0.16 28.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.6716, 9.8452, 2.5355)
Luminance	0.0984 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52B22 #229CA5

analogous

#A5225B #A52B22 #A56D22

triadic

#A52B22 #22A52B #2B22A5

tetradic

#A52B22 #5BA522 #229CA5 #6D22A5

square

#A52B22 #5BA522 #229CA5 #6D22A5

split-complementary

#A52B22 #22A56D #225BA5

monochromatic

#40110D #721E18 #A52B22 #D43B30 #DF6B63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.07

#A52B22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.97

#A52B22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52B22

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52B22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52B22	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)

#504720

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52b22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 43, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.160 28.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5e',
    500: '#a52b22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52b22;
$custom-light: #c86e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52b22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.122,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48059,
    "c": 0.15991,
    "h": 28.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09843
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52B22

secondary

#5FBDC4

accent

#DDE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52B22

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

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