#A52B2B#A52B2B

#A52B2B is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.159 H 25.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52B2B
RGB	rgb(165, 43, 43)
HSL	hsl(0, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(0, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 73.9%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.67, 49.37, 30.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.67, 57.83, 31.37°)
OKLab	oklab(48.17% 0.1432 0.0682)
OKLCH	oklch(48.17% 0.159 25.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.8189, 9.9041, 3.3111)
Luminance	0.0990 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52B2B #2BA5A5

analogous

#A52B68 #A52B2B #A5682B

triadic

#A52B2B #2BA52B #2B2BA5

tetradic

#A52B2B #68A52B #2BA5A5 #682BA5

square

#A52B2B #68A52B #2BA5A5 #682BA5

split-complementary

#A52B2B #2BA568 #2B68A5

monochromatic

#441212 #741E1E #A52B2B #CD4040 #DA7171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#A52B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A52B2B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52B2B

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52B2B	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F482A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D6227

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 43, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.159 25.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e64',
    500: '#a52b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52b2b;
$custom-light: #c86e64;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 0,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48172,
    "c": 0.15864,
    "h": 25.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09902
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52B2B

secondary

#6BC1C1

accent

#E2E246

background

#FDF6F6

surface

#FAECEB

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52B2B

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

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