#A52C22#A52C22

#A52C22 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.159 H 29.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52C22
RGB	rgb(165, 44, 34)
HSL	hsl(5, 66%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 79.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.70, 48.64, 35.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.70, 60.15, 36.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.16% 0.139 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(48.16% 0.159 29.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.7084, 9.9188, 2.5478)
Luminance	0.0992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52C22 #229BA5

analogous

#A5225A #A52C22 #A56E22

triadic

#A52C22 #22A52C #2C22A5

tetradic

#A52C22 #5AA522 #229BA5 #6E22A5

square

#A52C22 #5AA522 #229BA5 #6E22A5

split-complementary

#A52C22 #22A56E #225AA5

monochromatic

#40110D #721E18 #A52C22 #D43C30 #DF6C63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.04

#A52C22 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#A52C22 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52C22

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52C22	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52C22	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)

#504820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E621D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52c22;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 44, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.159 29.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e5e',
    500: '#a52c22',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52c22;
$custom-light: #c86e5e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52c22",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.58,
    "s": 65.829,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48158,
    "c": 0.15904,
    "h": 29.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.09916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52C22

secondary

#5FBCC4

accent

#DCE93F

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52C22

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

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