#A52C21#A52C21

#A52C21 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.159 H 29.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52C21
RGB	rgb(165, 44, 33)
HSL	hsl(5, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 80%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 80%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.69, 48.61, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.69, 60.44, 36.47°)
OKLab	oklab(48.15% 0.1387 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(48.15% 0.159 29.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.6942, 9.9131, 2.4729)
Luminance	0.0991 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52C21 #219AA5

analogous

#A52158 #A52C21 #A56E21

triadic

#A52C21 #21A52C #2C21A5

tetradic

#A52C21 #58A521 #219AA5 #6E21A5

square

#A52C21 #58A521 #219AA5 #6E21A5

split-complementary

#A52C21 #21A56E #2158A5

monochromatic

#3F110D #721E17 #A52C21 #D53C2E #DF6C61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A52C21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A52C21 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52C21

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52C21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52C21	1.00	7.04	2.98	7.04
#FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.04	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#50481E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52c21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 44, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.159 29.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5d',
    500: '#a52c21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52c21;
$custom-light: #c86e5d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52c21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 5,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48147,
    "c": 0.1592,
    "h": 29.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.09911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52C21

secondary

#5EBCC4

accent

#DBEA3E

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52C21

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

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