#A52C26#A52C26

#A52C26 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.158 H 27.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52C26
RGB	rgb(165, 44, 38)
HSL	hsl(3, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 77%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 77%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.74, 48.79, 33.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.74, 58.98, 34.18°)
OKLab	oklab(48.21% 0.1403 0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(48.21% 0.158 27.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7695, 9.9432, 2.8696)
Luminance	0.0994 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52C26 #269FA5

analogous

#A5265F #A52C26 #A56C26

triadic

#A52C26 #26A52C #2C26A5

tetradic

#A52C26 #5FA526 #269FA5 #6C26A5

square

#A52C26 #5FA526 #269FA5 #6C26A5

split-complementary

#A52C26 #26A56C #265FA5

monochromatic

#42110F #731F1B #A52C26 #D13E37 #DC6E69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.03

#A52C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A52C26 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52C26

7.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52C26	1.00	7.03	2.99	7.03
#FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.03	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504824

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6221

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 44, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.158 27.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e61',
    500: '#a52c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52c26;
$custom-light: #c86e61;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.835,
    "s": 62.562,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48205,
    "c": 0.15844,
    "h": 27.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09941
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52C26

secondary

#64BEC3

accent

#DEE642

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECE9

border

#D3C7C5

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52C26

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

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