#A52B42#A52B42

#A52B42 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.6% C 0.157 H 14.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52B42
RGB	rgb(165, 43, 66)
HSL	hsl(349, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(349, 74%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.9%, 60%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.06, 50.69, 16.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.06, 53.25, 17.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.59% 0.1523 0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(48.59% 0.157 14.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3660, 10.1229, 6.1927)
Luminance	0.1012 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52B42 #2BA58E

analogous

#A52B7F #A52B42 #A5512B

triadic

#A52B42 #42A52B #2B42A5

tetradic

#A52B42 #7FA52B #2BA58E #512BA5

square

#A52B42 #7FA52B #2BA58E #512BA5

split-complementary

#A52B42 #2BA551 #2B7FA5

monochromatic

#44121B #741E2F #A52B42 #CD405B #DA7184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.94

#A52B42 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A52B42 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52B42

6.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52B42	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52B42	1.00	6.94	3.02	6.94
#FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4C4942

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B633F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50335

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52b42;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 43, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.6% 0.157 14.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c66e76',
    500: '#a52b42',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52b42;
$custom-light: #c66e76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52b42",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 43,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 348.689,
    "s": 58.654,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48591,
    "c": 0.15744,
    "h": 14.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.1012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52B42

secondary

#6BC1B1

accent

#E2C446

background

#FDF7F7

surface

#FAEDED

border

#D3C8C8

text

#140808

muted

#837B7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52B42

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

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