#A52C27#A52C27

#A52C27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 48.2% C 0.158 H 27.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52C27
RGB	rgb(165, 44, 39)
HSL	hsl(2, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(2, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.75, 48.83, 32.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.75, 58.70, 33.70°)
OKLab	oklab(48.22% 0.1407 0.0726)
OKLCH	oklch(48.22% 0.158 27.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.7859, 9.9498, 2.9557)
Luminance	0.0995 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52C27 #27A0A5

analogous

#A52761 #A52C27 #A56B27

triadic

#A52C27 #27A52C #2C27A5

tetradic

#A52C27 #61A527 #27A0A5 #6B27A5

square

#A52C27 #61A527 #27A0A5 #6B27A5

split-complementary

#A52C27 #27A56B #2761A5

monochromatic

#421210 #741F1B #A52C27 #D03F39 #DC6F6A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.02

#A52C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.99

#A52C27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52C27

7.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52C27	1.00	7.02	2.99	7.02
#FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.99	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6222

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 44, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.2% 0.158 27.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86e62',
    500: '#a52c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52c27;
$custom-light: #c86e62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.381,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48218,
    "c": 0.15829,
    "h": 27.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09947
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52C27

secondary

#66BFC2

accent

#DEE543

background

#FDF6F5

surface

#FAECEA

border

#D3C7C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52C27

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

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