#A52D23#A52D23

#A52D23 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.158 H 29.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52D23
RGB	rgb(165, 45, 35)
HSL	hsl(5, 65%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(5, 79%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 78.8%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.84, 48.31, 34.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.84, 59.63, 35.90°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% 0.1382 0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.158 29)
XYZ	xyz(16.7608, 10.0000, 2.6374)
Luminance	0.1000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52D23 #239BA5

analogous

#A5235A #A52D23 #A56E23

triadic

#A52D23 #23A52D #2D23A5

tetradic

#A52D23 #5AA523 #239BA5 #6E23A5

square

#A52D23 #5AA523 #239BA5 #6E23A5

split-complementary

#A52D23 #23A56E #235AA5

monochromatic

#40110E #731F18 #A52D23 #D33E32 #DE6E64

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#A52D23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#A52D23 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52D23

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52D23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52D23	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#514821

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E631E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52d23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 45, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.158 29.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f5f',
    500: '#a52d23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52d23;
$custom-light: #c86f5f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52d23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 4.615,
    "s": 65,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48271,
    "c": 0.15801,
    "h": 29
  },
  "luminance": 0.09997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52D23

secondary

#60BCC4

accent

#DBE840

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDE9

border

#D3C8C5

text

#150804

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52D23

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

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