#A52D27#A52D27

#A52D27 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.157 H 27.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A52D27
RGB	rgb(165, 45, 39)
HSL	hsl(3, 62%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(3, 76%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 72.7%, 76.4%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.89, 48.46, 32.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.89, 58.47, 34.02°)
OKLab	oklab(48.32% 0.1395 0.0729)
OKLCH	oklch(48.32% 0.157 27.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.8236, 10.0252, 2.9683)
Luminance	0.1002 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A52D27 #279FA5

analogous

#A52760 #A52D27 #A56C27

triadic

#A52D27 #27A52D #2D27A5

tetradic

#A52D27 #60A527 #279FA5 #6C27A5

square

#A52D27 #60A527 #279FA5 #6C27A5

split-complementary

#A52D27 #27A56C #2760A5

monochromatic

#421210 #741F1B #A52D27 #D04039 #DC706A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.99

#A52D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.00

#A52D27 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #A52D27

6.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A52D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##A52D27	1.00	6.99	3.00	6.99
#FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#504925

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E6322

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6002D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a52d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(165, 45, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.157 27.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c86f62',
    500: '#a52d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a52d27;
$custom-light: #c86f62;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a52d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 165,
    "g": 45,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 2.857,
    "s": 61.765,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48319,
    "c": 0.1574,
    "h": 27.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A52D27

secondary

#66BEC2

accent

#DDE543

background

#FDF7F5

surface

#FAEDEA

border

#D3C8C6

text

#150805

muted

#837B79

Preview Lab

Preview with #A52D27

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

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