#A52C38#A52C38

#A52C38 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 48.5% C 0.157 H 20.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52C38
RGB	rgb(165, 44, 56)
HSL	hsl(354, 58%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(354, 73%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 73.3%, 66.1%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.00, 49.68, 22.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.00, 54.55, 24.39°)
OKLab	oklab(48.48% 0.1471 0.0535)
OKLCH	oklch(48.48% 0.157 20)
XYZ	xyz(17.1334, 10.0887, 4.7858)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52C38 #2CA599

analogous

#A52C74 #A52C38 #A55C2C

triadic

#A52C38 #38A52C #2C38A5

tetradic

#A52C38 #74A52C #2CA599 #5C2CA5

square

#A52C38 #74A52C #2CA599 #5C2CA5

split-complementary

#A52C38 #2CA55C #2C74A5

monochromatic

#441217 #751F28 #A52C38 #CD424F #D9727C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#A52C38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#A52C38 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52C38

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52C38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52C38	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E4938

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C6334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B50031

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52c38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 44, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.5% 0.157 20.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c76f6e',
    500: '#a52c38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52c38;
$custom-light: #c76f6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52c38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 44,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 354.05,
    "s": 57.895,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48483,
    "c": 0.1565,
    "h": 20
  },
  "luminance": 0.10086
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52C38

secondary

#6CC1B8

accent

#E1D247

background

#FDF7F6

surface

#FAEDEB

border

#D3C8C6

text

#140807

muted

#837B7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52C38

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

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